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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bore (down)
Verb
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When that happens, the refrigerant evaporates and gets compressed at a very high pressure–typically several hundred pounds per square inch.—
Sara Kiley Watson,
Popular Science,
2 Oct. 2025 -
Baseball’s compressed Wild Card Series can get as unpredictable as its name suggests.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Arrington was pressured to resign Thursday, according to multiple news outlets.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
3 Oct. 2025
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This Reds team pressured some of baseball’s best teams, but ultimately didn’t come up with the biggest wins.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Bore (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bore%20%28down%29. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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