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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
The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
The approach is complemented by heavy use of the Estevez brothers’ childhood Super 8 movies, genre-bending DIY productions that Charlie notes often bore similarities to the movies their father was making at the time.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
Emily Longeretta, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
The President is a sullen bore, but Servillo’s performance is always a hair less moribund than the movie around it, and held tight by the sincerity of his ambivalence.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Too often, developments of this size that pop up on virgin ground get lost to boring cookie-cutter street scaping and architecture.
—The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2025
The approach is complemented by heavy use of the Estevez brothers’ childhood Super 8 movies, genre-bending DIY productions that Charlie notes often bore similarities to the movies their father was making at the time.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
And naturally, eternal-bore Finn (Caspar Zafer) volunteers to die.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
The President is a sullen bore, but Servillo’s performance is always a hair less moribund than the movie around it, and held tight by the sincerity of his ambivalence.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bore
Noun
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Marco Rubio, one arm flung over the back of his chair, made no attempt to disguise a yawn.—
Seth Harp,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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And if your first response is to yawn, who can blame you?—
Jim Alexander,
Oc Register,
12 Sep. 2025
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The array of ferocious brushstrokes, scratches, and painterly drips amplify the complex dialogue, inviting the viewer’s interpretation.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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There was no tease with a quick start, no slow drip of the game slipping away, pretty much no hope at all by the end of the first inning.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Director Tina Romero, the daughter of the father of zombie movies, George Romero, delivers a campy horror-comedy about what happens when an undead outbreak occurs at a drag club party in Brooklyn, as seen in Entertainment Weekly's exclusive trailer reveal.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Sep. 2025
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Every unnecessary step—every manual booking, approval email or post-trip reimbursement—adds operational drag.—
Amiad Solomon,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Bore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bore. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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