bore
Example Sentences
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The December 28 showdown, with modified rules to balance up any physical inequalities between the two players, bore little resemblance to the era-defining 1973 encounter between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.
From Barron's
"Free our president," read a placard held by a man with a red flannel shirt which bore the image of Maduro's predecessor and mentor, late socialist firebrand Hugo Chavez.
From Barron's
It is an idea rooted in the thinking that if our reality really is a simulation, we would get shut down if we were boring.
Given this was hundreds of millions of years ago, Scotland bore no resemblance to the land it is today, instead being located near the equator.
From BBC
“It’s intended to be friendly, of course, and navigate through a world built for humans and eliminate dangerous repetitive and boring tasks,” he said at the time.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
