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bore

Definition for bore

noun as in nuisance

verb as in drill hole

verb as in cause weariness, disinterest

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Example Sentences

Mr Lumley said there were "too many incidents of bruising for it not to have been the result of neglect", adding anyone living with Charlie bore "criminal responsibility" for what happened to him.

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But the strike bore similarities to several in other parts of the country: launched without warning on residential buildings or houses hosting displaced people.

From BBC

Rather than wait until they are old enough to go full bore at scrum time, props in the schoolboy system are trained beyond their years.

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It was also wearing a harness, which had a mount for a camera, and bore the words, in English, “Equipment St Petersburg”.

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In May, Mr Khan said there were reasonable grounds to believe that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then-defence minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas leaders Yahiya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif and Ismail Haniyeh bore criminal responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity from the day of Hamas's attack on Israel on 7 October onwards.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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