interminable
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Colm Hogan’s cinematography has handsome, rich shadows. but what’s best about it — and the pace of Brian Philip Davis’ editing — is they reward close attention without slumping into those interminable, inevitable jump scares.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
At the same time, Reisz said, lawyers are pushing judges who oversee the cases to act swiftly, since interminable procedural delays ensure people remain incarcerated.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
Pinball, for the author, was a way of “killing time,” an antidote to boredom as interminable afterschool afternoons stretched out before him.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
He criticized the wars of his predecessors not because they were interminable but because they were unprofitable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
He knocked and waited what seemed like an interminable while until the door was opened with a tug on a string that ran from the door-knob to the top of the stairs.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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