bore
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At the beginning of the year, the rotation bore the brunt of the injury bug, with left-hander Blake Snell and right-hander Tyler Glasnow missing months of the season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
It bore little fruit, and was eclipsed entirely when his conservative successor, Brian Mulroney won the 1984 election and began working with Ronald Reagan on what would evolve into Nafta.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
While in the field, we encountered bore holes from bauxite mining exploration.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
Once companies had extracted all the easy-to-reach coal, miners were forced to bore deeper into the rock, which sent fine silica dust into the air.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Like his misguided obsession with those Potomac canals, his campaign for a national university in the capital city never bore fruit.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
“I don’t think I’ve been bored for a minute in 30 years here,” Davis told the Associated Press upon leaving the academy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Now, her wines are being poured at restaurants from New York to London, as sommeliers look to entice drinkers bored by Bordeaux and Barolo with new wine experiences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
She says she would often make purchases on TikTok or Instagram when she was "tired" or "bored", lured by the latest trends on her feeds.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
No one was ever bored watching Tim Curry onscreen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
On long runs he would become bored and when we least expected it he would reach across the gangline and snort wind into the ear of the dog next to him.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Over the same period, boring old mutual funds have gotten cheaper.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
But when he ripped off his "boring black trousers" to reveal a pair of tartan trews during a rendition of Donald, Where's Your Troosers? there was no doubt of his heritage.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Thanks to the boom in online fitness and beauty culture, our feeds are constantly overflowing with good-looking people who are just too boring to be hot.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
They wanted to build a general-purpose chatbot that wasn’t boring like Apple’s Siri.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
In English, we’re reading some boring old book, by some boring old dude, set in some boring old time period.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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