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[duhl] / dʌl /








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Appeared in the November 4, 2025, print edition as 'Nagoya to Tourists: We’re Not Dull!'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

Dull and dutiful could be a successful recipe once more in 2026.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025

It's an outlook shared by the Dull Men's Club Anorak of the Year from 2021 – who, it turns out, is neither dull, nor a man.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2024

The unnamed woman behind that account and the comment told police that the bottles came from an old pharmacy but were of no historical value, leading her to donate them, Chief Dull explained to KCTV-TV.

From Washington Times • Oct. 27, 2023

Dull they seemed and harsh in the heavy air, braying ominously.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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