How to Use small-bore in a Sentence
small-bore
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An all-new small-bore V-twin cruiser.
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New Atlas,
11 May 2026
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Given the scale of Epstein’s crimes, highlighting due-process concerns can feel small-bore, or even like apologism.
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Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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Still, there’s nothing small-bore about consumer socialists’ desire to overhaul the economy.
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Idrees Kahloon,
The Atlantic,
6 July 2026
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CFMoto Next up, the 450SS small-bore parallel-twin sportbike.
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New Atlas,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Kremlin leader makes sweeping pronouncements about the current global order, interspersed with small-bore questions from local journalists about the quality of roads in the Komi Republic.
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Nathan Hodge,
CNN Money,
19 Dec. 2025
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