BORE (WITH) Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

bore (with)

verb

Definition of bore (with)

past tense of bear (with)

as in stood

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In the middle of a lukewarm Massachusetts morning, Leonard Miller stood alone, toeing the 3-point arc in the corner of the court at TD Garden.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
The ballroom, rising where the East Wing stood until its demolition last October, is being funded largely by private donors, including Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta, and Lockheed Martin, as Fortune has reported.

— Andrew McGowan, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of stood

Verb

Now that Texas Tech has also suffered a conference loss, we are headed towards a wild final week of October, which will lead to a chaotic month of November as teams fight for a spot in the college football playoff.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Though opposing armies suffered heavy losses, neither made any significant territorial gains.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of suffered

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The MacBook screens have always been top-notch, meeting P3 color-gamut standards despite being IPS panels, and some have adopted additional features like True Tone ambient color adjustment.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
How fast the benefits of a truly life-changing technology flow through the economy is the actual measure of how fast it is being adopted.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of adopted

Verb

Conduct that betrays that trust will not be tolerated in this Department.

— Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
Once the goal is defined, the investor can determine the time horizon to achieve the goal, the return required to meet that goal, expected cash flow needs and the amount of risk that can realistically be tolerated.

— Daniel Kern, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of tolerated

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The Ukrainian capital endured a noisy night as 21 ballistic missiles came in three waves, Zelenskyy said, smashing apartment buildings, energy facilities, a railway station and the Kyiv subway system, shopping malls and businesses.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
In the late ’70s and early ’80s, Lebanon endured an intense civil war.

— Shy Clara Thompson, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of endured

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