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Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and
Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
BORE occurs
4 times
(
Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... bore down
hard on the hopelessness of ...
12&12 p.152,
Tradition Five
I
bore down
hard on the
hopelessness of the
drunk's
dilemma.
2.
... bore fruit
in the spring of 1939 ...
BB xvii,
Foreword to Second Edition
3.
... bore on
my usefulness to others.
BB p.13,
Bill's Story
Never was I to
pray for
myself,
except as my
requests bore on my
usefulness to others.
4.
... bore the
inscription XYZ-32.
BB p.4,
Bill's Story
I was
staring at an
inch of
the
tape which
bore the
inscription XYZ-
32.
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