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
If he thought offenses bore on Manhattan, he could chase offenders far afield.
From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2019
The two men did nothing other than bore on about being custodians of a historic legacy, as though it were an inflight advertorial for the hereditary principle.
From The Guardian • Nov. 25, 2012
He admitted that only one crystal structure bore on the problem.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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