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Cyr is a big swing at a full-bore Pumpkins synth-pop record, a woefully dull, 72-minute monolith where guitars almost never drown out keyboards.
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Al Shipley, SPIN, 17 Aug. 2024
In The Union, a fun-but-forgettable new streaming option on Netflix, Mark Wahlberg is a blue-collar schmoe from Jersey who turns full-bore Jason Bourne after just two weeks of training.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2024
The full-bore messaging and cultivation of these donors and funders just isn’t out there.
—Patrick Skerrett, STAT, 20 July 2024
The shooting in Pennsylvania has limited the opportunity, at least for now, that Biden has to go full-bore attacking Trump.
—Jordan Fabian / Bloomberg, TIME, 16 July 2024
Now, at a full-bore MAGA convention that takes place in the wake of a deadly shooting at a Trump rally and an assassination attempt against the former president, Michigan Republicans are ready to join their counterparts across the country to stand with their man.
—Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 16 July 2024
Unfortunately, Alba, although more than competent, doesn’t quite have the full-bore charisma to make her character particularly interesting, or, as Netflix presumably hopes, the catalyst for a new action franchise.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2024
American intelligence agencies do not believe the Kremlin has begun its full-bore influence effort.
—David E. Sanger, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
The main risk in tearing up the old rulebook is that in the current Israeli-Palestinian political climate, any full-bore U.S. diplomatic push could end in abject failure.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2024
Al Shipley, SPIN, 17 Aug. 2024
In The Union, a fun-but-forgettable new streaming option on Netflix, Mark Wahlberg is a blue-collar schmoe from Jersey who turns full-bore Jason Bourne after just two weeks of training.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2024
The full-bore messaging and cultivation of these donors and funders just isn’t out there.
—Patrick Skerrett, STAT, 20 July 2024
The shooting in Pennsylvania has limited the opportunity, at least for now, that Biden has to go full-bore attacking Trump.
—Jordan Fabian / Bloomberg, TIME, 16 July 2024
Now, at a full-bore MAGA convention that takes place in the wake of a deadly shooting at a Trump rally and an assassination attempt against the former president, Michigan Republicans are ready to join their counterparts across the country to stand with their man.
—Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 16 July 2024
Unfortunately, Alba, although more than competent, doesn’t quite have the full-bore charisma to make her character particularly interesting, or, as Netflix presumably hopes, the catalyst for a new action franchise.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2024
American intelligence agencies do not believe the Kremlin has begun its full-bore influence effort.
—David E. Sanger, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
The main risk in tearing up the old rulebook is that in the current Israeli-Palestinian political climate, any full-bore U.S. diplomatic push could end in abject failure.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2024
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“Full-bore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/full-bore. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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