full-bore
Example Sentences
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“It was a full-bore public shaming, imbued with an unhinged and vicious glee that we hadn’t experienced since, well, the last time millions of strangers rallied to the cause of destroying someone’s life — but magnified by the fact that everything and everyone involved was a standard menu item at the Things You Love to Hate buffet,” a Free Press writer said at the time in an article criticizing the public’s response.
From Los Angeles Times
The streaming pure-play would become a full-bore Hollywood studio that produces movies for theaters, and TV shows for other networks.
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
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
“It was a full-bore public shaming, imbued with an unhinged and vicious glee that we hadn’t experienced since, well, the last time millions of strangers rallied to the cause of destroying someone’s life — but magnified by the fact that everything and everyone involved was a standard menu item at the Things You Love to Hate buffet,” she wrote.
From Los Angeles Times
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