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Adjective
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Anything that isn’t someone bleeding out is boring to them, that kind of thing.—
Maria Fontoura,
Rolling Stone,
5 Apr. 2025 -
But here, it’s all viewed through a workplace-comedy format, which captures the kind of boring ordinariness of typical medical care while also getting at some of the big frustrations of understaffing.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Even a simple task like numbering posts chronologically by publishing date can become tedious.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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Writer-director Dean Imperial loses on such a gamble with his tedious feature debut, which tracks an unhinged night of escapades between a bunch of poker buddies.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2025
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The battles are limited in number, and yet hinder the sense of progression considerably with their tiresome nature and frantic attack animations.—
Sarah Thwaites,
Rolling Stone,
3 Apr. 2025
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While the first half of the film proves engaging enough, the remainder grows tiresome as the Rohirrim take refuge, and Wulf — who’s handsome as drawn, but irredeemably ruthless — tries to force his way in.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
9 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Desk calendar Your old phone can be repurposed as your personal calendar.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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My father, Mila’s grandfather, after whom she is named, was five years old at the time.—
David Bezmozgis,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Warmer temperatures in Kansas City’s forecast After the rain, the Kansas City area will enter a quiet, dry period as temperatures warm into the weekend.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2025
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Gentle moisturizers: Your skin might feel dry, tight, and flaky, especially when the rash starts to scab.—
Alisa Hrustic,
SELF,
9 Apr. 2025
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Gave up way too much (9-for-15 on third downs, 409 yards) defensively against a fairly pedestrian Seahawks team.—
Jerry McDonald,
The Mercury News,
9 Dec. 2024
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Through his first three games this year, the seven-time All-Star and 2023 league MVP is averaging a thoroughly pedestrian 14.7 points on .324/.154/1.000 shooting splits.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
Newsweek,
20 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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With their colossal bodies and ponderous feet, elephants have never struck me as masters of hide-and-seek.—
Chris Schalkx,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Mar. 2025
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Yunan The Bottom Line Not without ponderous moments, but poetic and affecting.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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And another aspect is the world of television in Spain, this mixture of the sublime and prosaic.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
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How the Thieves Pulled it Off The M.O. in the Gardner heist is much more prosaic than what people see on the silver screen.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Twice-told.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twice-told. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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