as in confirmed
to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of
the newly discovered papers bore out the rumors about the president's personal life
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Recent Examples of bore out
The following months bore out her views.
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Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bore out
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The person was taken to a hospital with critical injuries after the shooting, local officials confirmed.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
28 Jan. 2026
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Bill Belichick was not voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, a league source confirmed to The Athletic on Tuesday, and folks around the NFL are shocked.—
Amos Morale III,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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Bystander videos verified by CBS News show the scene from multiple angles, starting shortly before the encounter that ended in the shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an American citizen who worked as an ICU nurse.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Jan. 2026
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The shooting, captured on a video posted to Facebook and verified by NBC News, was followed by a heated confrontation between agents and protesters who oppose the federal government’s immigration enforcement tactics.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC news,
24 Jan. 2026
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Another lawsuit brought by detainees in federal court in Fort Myers argued that immigration was a federal issue, and Florida agencies and private contractors hired by the state had no authority to operate the facility under federal law.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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So, Hippocrates argued, the illness of epilepsy must be caused, like any other illness, by imbalance, not demons.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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