bore out

Example Sentences

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We shorted that security because the people over here were long, and when you looked at the combined positions of the firm, it bore out that we had longs and shorts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

Ed Newton Rex, founder of Fairly Trained, which campaigns for AI firms to respect creators' rights, said the questions around the The Velvet Sundown bore out musicians' concerns.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2025

There, a disturbing parallel story bore out, when a much-anticipated search for a different body was abandoned in mid-November.

From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2024

And as “The Abyss” and “Titanic” bore out, Cameron also knows a thing or two about water, which is where this latest sequel finds its sweet spot: Welcome to Pandora’s beach.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2022

At last he explained what he had found below, and added: “My suggestion is that we bore out an opening for the saw; then we could cut the stanchion through and prize the cross-timbers off.”

From The Secret of the Reef by Bindloss, Harold