full-bore
Example Sentences
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“Not only has he not done that, he’s gone full-bore the other way.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 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
The Corps’ effort to keep its dams running full-bore is a story of how the agency continues to double down on costly feats of engineering to reverse environmental catastrophes its own engineers created.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2023
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
