bore on
Example Sentences
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In July 1901, an effigy hanging near the entrance of the home bore on its chest a placard reading “1/4 master” — quartermaster, the man in charge of survival basics such as food and water.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024
Other tributes included the hashtag #42, the number Myre bore on his jersey.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 1, 2021
If he thought offenses bore on Manhattan, he could chase offenders far afield.
From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2019
“You can bore on with what whatever you want to bore on with.”
From The Guardian • May 19, 2019
He admitted that only one crystal structure bore on the problem.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
