full-bore

Example Sentences

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It is a full-bore, 2022-like, Leonardo-DiCaprio-in-The-Revenant-style crypto winter — set into motion by factors ranging from excess leverage to widespread profit-taking by OGs,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 2026

The streaming pure-play would become a full-bore Hollywood studio that produces movies for theaters, and TV shows for other networks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

Japan has a tiny Christian majority and Christmas is a secular festival of full-bore consumerism complete with Santa, gifts and streetlights.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

In 2005, he went full-bore reality, starring in “Hogan Knows Best” which focused on his family life with wife Linda, son Nick and daughter Brooke.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025

Some phrases beginning with full are hyphenated: full-blooded, full-blown, full- bodied, full-bore, full-fledged, full-scale, full-service, full-size, full-time, and so on.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner