bore
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While in the field, we encountered bore holes from bauxite mining exploration.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
Still, equities struggled as tech firms once again bore the brunt of selling, tracking a retreat in their counterparts on Wall Street.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
It was Seoul that bore the brunt of Pyongyang's ire following these summits.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
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
The notion that the cascading events in France bore any relation to the American Revolution struck Adams as outright lunacy.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Gao, who trained in France, is helping Chinese wine expand internationally, as sommeliers seek to entice drinkers bored by Bordeaux and Barolo with new wine experiences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
According to their report, investigators observed “the center conductor dangling free from the bridge section of the tower; it appeared that the remaining two conductors were not bored down to the tower bridge.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
With people isolated and bored at home during the lockdown, many were more willing to engage in conspiracy theory content the runs rampant online.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
We were reading “The Secret Garden” out loud, round robin, and I was bored.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Though he was having a most extraordinary experience, Abel was bored.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
When talking about the Gerhardt brothers, Hudson, a quarterback, and Bailen, a receiver, first-year Village Christian coach Rand Holdren says there’s never a boring moment when the two are together.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
She explains: "Some will assume you can't spell your own name. Or you love trains. Or you're extremely clever. Or you're hyper focused on a boring hobby."
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
But it is accurate to say that strategy is adventurous, while logistics can be boring.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
Sometimes boring businesses are the most lucrative, something I learned from De Leon’s bets on med spas and real estate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Eventually Mom stopped chatting and switched on some boring talk radio station for the rest of the hour drive home.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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