bore
Example Sentences
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His early patents bore the marks of his experience working on trains: more-efficient steam-boiler furnaces, improved braking systems, electrical regulators and a combined telegraph-and-telephone communication device.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
Ms. Phillips’s father was a World War II veteran and a failed businessman, the offspring of a once-proud Confederate family; he bore his humiliations with laconic stoicism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Mandalay, an ancient royal capital hemmed by jungle-clad mountains and the snaking Irrawaddy river, bore the brunt of the damage.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
However, they are typically more expensive and less commonly used, as they require either a deep bore hole or a large horizontal system dug into the ground.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
I really bore down on it when I told Papa about that hundred dollar monkey.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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