full-bore
Example Sentences
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Oil tankers also won’t immediately resume transiting through the Strait of Hormuz at full-bore even if the U.S.-Iran conflict dies down, adding to pressures propping prices up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
It is a full-bore, 2022-like, Leonardo-DiCaprio-in-The-Revenant-style crypto winter — set into motion by factors ranging from excess leverage to widespread profit-taking by OGs,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 6, 2026
Japan has a tiny Christian majority and Christmas is a secular festival of full-bore consumerism complete with Santa, gifts and streetlights.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
In 2005, he went full-bore reality, starring in “Hogan Knows Best” which focused on his family life with wife Linda, son Nick and daughter Brooke.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025
With a war cry, Sosie grabbed her spear, and she and Jennifer ran after it, full-bore, without second-guessing.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
