bore
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Within hours of erupting, the fire bore down on homes around the popular resorts of Siviri and Fourka, which are packed with summer tourists.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Later that afternoon, about four miles away outside of Home Depot in Pasadena, organizers staked in the ground dozens of white crosses that bore photos of the dead — the majority of them men.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
“There was so much fear around that when I was elected, and none of it bore out to be true.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Among the British nationals who died were couple Pete and Fran Gillam, who lived in Bédar, the village that bore the brunt of the wildfires.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
He thought about Memorial Hall, a quiet corridor in the temple that bore a permanent list of fallen Sons etched directly into the stone walls.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
With people isolated and bored at home during the lockdown, many were more willing to engage in conspiracy theory content the runs rampant online.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
"But if you're bored with it, there's a special restaurant there. They have the best chips in town - be my guest, come along."
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
“They’re bored, and they don’t have anyone telling them how great they are all the time.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Many others, clearly bored, felt the need to turn on their phones to check the sports scores.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
“I got bored eating books and decided to help you level up. Where are you?”
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
"It would be huge, absolutely huge. They're big punchers. These guys are big, big punchers. They're exciting. They're not in boring fights," Warren said.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Before Mr. Sinner claimed the title in four sets, a friend texted to say, “good lord this is boring tennis.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
But the alternative, as Araki suggests, is an utterly boring existence, where, either way, you’ll always wonder “what if?”
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
“Aside from talent, you have to be willing to do all these tiny little boring things every single day,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
They spent some time talking about her pregnancy, which was both boring and gross, before Etta leveled a no-nonsense gaze at the boy.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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