bore
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By then, at least half a dozen schools across America bore her name.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
“The AI trade bore the brunt of the mover lower,” he added, with the AI bottleneck and power themes also badly hit.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
Seoul and Tokyo again bore the brunt of the selling as traders bailed out of once-imperious chipmakers, though the selling was heavy across most of the region, tracking sharp losses on Wall Street.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Oil drillers operating in the Gulf of Mexico shut in production and evacuated personnel from offshore facilities as Hurricane Isaias bore down on the coast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
On their marches, Hans’s squad bore their new banner proudly.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
When he was bored during the pandemic, Yankovic made it his mission to find the city’s best culinary offerings for categories like doughnuts and chocolate chip cookies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
They are from drill holes bored hundreds of metres below the surface by mineral exploration companies decades ago.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
As much as I loved being home with my kids and understood the privilege it was, I was bored.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
My gaze drifted to the bartenders, who seemed bored, waiting for the evening rush.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
A small sunbeam had bored its way down through the overhead green, and the playhouse was bathed in a warm radiant glow.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
The typically boring healthcare space has delivered a flash of excitement for investors in October, building on its gains from earlier in the year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
As a somewhat boring guy myself, I can’t say I disagree!
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
Their audience generally skews older, and for some, an older crowd’s curiosities skew boring.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
Volatility subindexes haven’t existed that long, but fund managers who have studied the so-called “Low Beta Anomaly” have shown that entire decades—the 1930s, 1970s and 2000s—were good times to own boring stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
I was thinking if it was such a lovely day, we probably shouldn’t spend it in a boring old museum, but I didn’t say that.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
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