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full-bore

[fool-bawr, -bohr] / ˈfʊlˈbɔr, -ˈboʊr /


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Fans of the game have long celebrated its full-bore regular season, when an October contest can be a de facto knockout.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

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

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

The Corps’ effort to keep its dams running full-bore is a story of how the agency continues to double down on costly feats of engineering to reverse environmental catastrophes its own engineers created.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2023

The next night around three, Mary Lou ran through the jungle full-bore, relishing the freedom.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray


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