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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
Laura Jackson, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2026
Gwyneth Paltrow impressively proved that minimalism is anything but boring on the Oscars 2026 red carpet.
—Madeline Dangmann, Glamour, 16 Mar. 2026
Eric Roper, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
These changes allowed the team to push performance higher without reducing the bore size, a key requirement for user experiments.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026
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Verb
Dressing for your nine-to-five doesn’t have to be boring this spring.
—Laura Jackson, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2026
Gwyneth Paltrow impressively proved that minimalism is anything but boring on the Oscars 2026 red carpet.
—Madeline Dangmann, Glamour, 16 Mar. 2026
Noun
This civic attitude kicked into high gear as ICE bore down on the state.
—Eric Roper, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
These changes allowed the team to push performance higher without reducing the bore size, a key requirement for user experiments.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bore
Noun
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More than 27,000 racers rose before dawn this morning to yawn, stretch and don their gear to take on the iconic streets of Los Angeles today during the 2026 ASICS Los Angeles Marathon.—
Michelle Edgar,
Daily News,
8 Mar. 2026
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With that indelible Southern gift for pulling new lingo from thin air, the duo deploy yawns that stretch like bungee over Zaytoven-type keys.—
Olivier Lafontant,
Pitchfork,
13 Feb. 2026
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Health alerts to medical providers have slowed to a drip.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
25 Mar. 2026
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Working with 1 cutlet at a time, dredge in flour mixture, shaking off excess, then dip in egg, letting excess drip back into bowl.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Mar. 2026
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More recently, armed counter-protesters were a visible presence at drag performances and Black Lives Matter demonstrations; soon, armed left-wing counter-counter-protesters started showing up, too.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2026
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There's some drag through the crust before the serrations fully bite, but once past it, the blade moves cleanly.—
Jamie Thilman,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Bore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bore. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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