bore on
Example Sentences
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The most visible hint of something else going on was a slogan that many players bore on their outfits:
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
Other tributes included the hashtag #42, the number Myre bore on his jersey.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2021
Every time you tell someone you don’t like Marmite, they bore on at you for ages about how much umami her new album adds to stews and bologneses.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 26, 2020
If he thought offenses bore on Manhattan, he could chase offenders far afield.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 22, 2019
A black, buzzing cloud streaked from the orchard, and bore on so rapidly and passed so close to Coll’s head that he had to leap out of the way.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
