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drab

[drab] / dræb /


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The backdrops are always drab; concrete floors and metal doors.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

It was July 2015, and Sherman, then a top Obama administration official at the State Department, had just stepped up to a lectern in a drab conference room.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

One manufacturer’s idea of khaki or olive drab, for example, might not match another’s—a serious problem when thousands of yards of uniform fabric had to be dyed the same shade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

It is, at times, horrifying and anxiety-inducing; at others, it’s frustratingly drab.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

“Why, yes! The poultice makes everyone’s hair the same drab dark brown.”

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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