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boring

[bawr-ing] / ˈbɔr ɪŋ /


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"Quite frankly, a lot of their message got boring."

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

At home, especially, it feels flat and boring, and I never expected to say about Jaissle's Newcastle.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Volatility subindexes haven’t existed that long, but fund managers who have studied the so-called “Low Beta Anomaly” have shown that entire decades—the 1930s, 1970s and 2000s—were good times to own boring stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The typically boring healthcare space has delivered a flash of excitement for investors in October, building on its gains from earlier in the year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

A friend like her would never be boring, Duane thought.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

The district proposes to make 226 borings and dig 57 test pits into the Earth across 2,500 cubic yards, according to the project description.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2022

The Vancouver, British Columbia-based company wants to use existing roads to access 14 locations to drill test borings to determine the possible value of its copper mining claim.

From Washington Times ● May 26, 2016

The company seeks to use existing roads to access 14 locations to drill test borings about 1,000 feet deep and a few inches across to assess the possible value of its copper-mining claim.

From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2016

Ecstatic, for example, “shall consist of scrap borings and turning alloyed with copper, tin, bismuth and zinc.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2016

And Odysseus took his time, turning the bow, tapping it, every inch, for borings that termites might have made while the master of the weapon was abroad.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer


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