interminable
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In December he was convicted of sedition and colluding with foreigners after an interminable trial that seemed designed to drag out his punishment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
Some matches drag on in interminable tedium, others are over in the blink of an eye.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025
So maybe it’s perversely apt that the Broadway revival of the musical “Chess” should feel eye-glazingly interminable, despite a cast of thrillingly good singers in top form.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025
It was an example of what’s become an interminable debate about what should be required of homeowners in L.A.’s fire-prone areas to limit the destruction of future conflagrations.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025
He was writing the diary for O’Brien—to O’Brien; it was like an interminable letter which no one would ever read, but which was addressed to a particular person and took its color from that fact.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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