bore on
Example Sentences
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The most visible hint of something else going on was a slogan that many players bore on their outfits:
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
Other tributes included the hashtag #42, the number Myre bore on his jersey.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2021
If he thought offenses bore on Manhattan, he could chase offenders far afield.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2019
The two men did nothing other than bore on about being custodians of a historic legacy, as though it were an inflight advertorial for the hereditary principle.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 25, 2012
They bore on south in the days and weeks to follow.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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