boring
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The writing is clever, coolly stylized and, alas, deathly boring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
You talk about taking the slow road to retirement, not diverting down dirt tracks leading you to the Emerald City of AI, and how it seems, well, boring and safe.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
"We were so bored of making music that's boring," she says.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
But Swain and others are betting that it’s unlikely this winter will be boring for California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
He did that for a while, but it was boring, and it didn't make big muscles at all.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
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
Despite these complications, the Fine Arts Commission approved the design and in December 1949, test borings were begun at the East Capitol Street site.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2019
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
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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