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as in to drill
to make a hole or series of holes in
some woodpecker bored holes in our tree in the backyard
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as in to weary
to make weary and restless by being dull or monotonous
the professor's lifeless and unimaginative teaching style bored the students to death
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Recent Examples of bore
Micah Lee, Wired News, 18 May 2025
The darkly satirical movie is set on a long-haul flight between England and Australia where the entertainment system fails, and passengers are forced to face the horror of being bored.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025
Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025
The bore and stroke ratio, which was previously fixed at 102.5 x 76mm, has been changed to 106.5 x 73mm, which is responsible for the power boost.
—New Atlas, 6 May 2025
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Verb
During a recent cabinet meeting, President Donald Trump’s then national security adviser, Mike Waltz, must have been bored.
—Micah Lee, Wired News, 18 May 2025
The darkly satirical movie is set on a long-haul flight between England and Australia where the entertainment system fails, and passengers are forced to face the horror of being bored.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025
Noun
The Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition immediately calls for the third bore to be reserved for bikes.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025
The bore and stroke ratio, which was previously fixed at 102.5 x 76mm, has been changed to 106.5 x 73mm, which is responsible for the power boost.
—New Atlas, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bore
Noun
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Choose from five sound choices for up to 30 minutes of continuous comfort, from music with yawns and snores to deep breathing and nature sounds.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
22 May 2025
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This is where the gulf between a life in business deals and one steeped in geopolitical negotiation yawns desperately.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2025
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On May 6, National Teacher Appreciation Day, teachers that present a valid form of identification can get any McDonald's soft drink, sweet tea or hot or iced drip coffee for free.—
Kate Nalepinski,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 May 2025
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Long and her colleagues are looking to see whether other parts of the eastern North American margin also have this crustal drip.—
Alexandra Witze,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Apr. 2025
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Linear planning, market dominance and top-down control no longer deliver competitive advantage in an environment shaped by geopolitical rupture, institutional drag and regulatory fragmentation.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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Though the costumes for Magnussen are playfully quirky and off-beat in the live-action remake, Pleakley never appears in drag on-screen, despite director Camp advocating for the disguise.—
Benjamin VanHoose,
People.com,
24 May 2025
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“Bore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bore. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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