boring
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But it is accurate to say that strategy is adventurous, while logistics can be boring.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
“And it’s not some boring balance training program — it’s fun and enjoyable and people actually stick with it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Sometimes boring businesses are the most lucrative, something I learned from De Leon’s bets on med spas and real estate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
For a moment, Taylor Detector is an exceptionally boring slot machine.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
As soon as the pixies had settled, Hadel hobbled to me, her wide eye boring into mine.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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
Concrete and steel in the building will eventually be tested, Kilsheimer said, and investigators will go below ground to examine the soil and test the area with borings.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 3, 2021
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
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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