bland
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At the time, those words were a benign, almost bland sentiment about academic freedom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
She also recommends keeping dried herbs, spices and salt available as, she says, tinned food can be slightly bland.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Speaking of unwatchable, if you’re over the age of, say, 11, feel free to skip the utterly generic and bland “The Mandalorian and Grogo,” the worst “Star Wars” spinoff movie yet.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
What’s getting attention, however, is not bland, consultant-approved talk about the price of groceries.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
He was short, of course, and I’d always thought he was as bland as a glass of apple juice.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
Pressure from these investors may also add to the US app feeling "blander" said Mr Navarra.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025
Consumers, bored by the softer, blander Red Delicious variety that had ruled grocery aisles for decades, discovered an apple that was sweet and so texturally satisfying they never looked back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
The flavors of zucchini and yellow summer squash are similar, with the yellow versions being a little blander, and sometimes less firm in texture.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
The rest of the festival is taking place at more traditional theaters, and while the musical values are generally superb, it can all hardly help but feel blander, less of a special occasion than “Resurrection.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2022
Immediately, her mother and sister were there to interpose a blander timetable.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Mr. Mungiu, who has a stark, forthright style—no bludgeoning the audience with musical cues, no zingy dialogue—lets this life-upending moment play out in the blandest way imaginable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Temperatures are dropping, grocery prices keep climbing, and there’s a small, almost alchemical satisfaction in transforming the blandest, cheapest grain in the aisle into a breakfast worth lingering over.
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2025
Cameron’s “As You Grow,” a story about caring for others, is the blandest of the bunch.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2023
By contrast, Darren Franich of Entertainment Weekly described the opening scene as "the blandest possible orientation, Epic Fantasy for Dummies" and said the good news is that "the beginning is the worst part."
From Reuters ● Aug. 19, 2022
Those self-important women gained local immortality for the blandest, the most timid of eccentricities—walking a cat on a dog’s lead, riding about on a man’s bike, being seen with a sandwich in the street.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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