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drab

[drab] / dræb /


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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

The primary colors are drab grays and ugly browns.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

The drab Chevron at the edge of Chinatown always makes the news.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Not too long ago, “Bridgerton” was held in the highest esteem in the meeting place between TV fantasy and drab reality.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2026

Everywhere she looked, she saw bright colors: on the drab, gray concrete apartments, on the tin- roofed, open-fronted stores, in the muddy water flowing in the gutters.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini




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