bore down
Example Sentences
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Residents of the community were ordered to leave their homes on Christmas Eve as a fierce storm bore down on the region.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025
Rescue work was suspended and preemptive evacuations began Saturday as Typhoon Fung-wong bore down on the Philippines, days after another storm killed at least 204 people.
From Barron's • Nov. 8, 2025
Branches from falling trees and what looked like pieces of metal from the edge of a building flew along empty roads on Wednesday as typhoon Ragasa bore down.
From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025
As a rival striker bore down on his team’s goal, Guardiola — crouching on his haunches on the sideline — lost his balance and toppled over onto his back.
From New York Times • May 17, 2024
The worst bore down upon the Irish in the 1840s, when the potato crop, their food of life, rotted in the ground for four years running, and landlords heartlessly threw their tenants into the streets.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
