bore
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They are rushing full bore toward that three-peat and, to the delight of the most appreciative fans in baseball, nothing is going to get in their way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
England's only significant change in the India series was a new opening combination of Ben Duckett and Jacob Bethell, and it bore fruit at Lord's.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Just as residents were beginning to clean up the flood damage, Super Typhoon Bavi bore down on eastern China, threatening more rain.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
“I was so struck on ‘Oppenheimer’ by what Imax could do for the human face, it seemed like it bore a hole into Cillian Murphy’s.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
The torso still bore the marks of battle.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
Gavin Morgan, an education psychologist at University College London, says it's important to let children be "bored" during the holidays.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Many others, clearly bored, felt the need to turn on their phones to check the sports scores.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Nevertheless, the claustrophobic framing shrinks an epic voyage into small-screen content made solely for a bored child to hold right up to their nose.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
To tell me she’s bored, another series of jumps.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026
It was the bored voice of the guard behind us.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
And for anyone who thinks they’re bad at it, I have great news: Recently published research shows that people find conversations about boring topics more enjoyable and interesting than they expected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
But the alternative, as Araki suggests, is an utterly boring existence, where, either way, you’ll always wonder “what if?”
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Aside from talent, you have to be willing to do all these tiny little boring things every single day,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
"To be boring is to die right there on the spot," she added in a newsletter to fans, external.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
More than likely, people have already done it, and that’s what got us to where we are right now—this sterile, boring, overly monitored lab.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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