bored
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Bored out of their minds, they riff on customers and even play hockey to pass the time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025
Bored, she had already begun cooking Chinese food there on Tuesdays to serve the locals.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025
Bored at a dinner party or work meeting but don’t want to come off as rude by pulling out your phone to scroll?
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 21, 2025
Collector and artist Taylor Whitley from the US felt forced to sell six of his seven prized Bored Ape NFTs as the offers he was receiving were getting worse and worse.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2023
Bored and unhappy, she lived for William’s letters.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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