interminable
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With 12:42 remaining in the fourth quarter, the Chargers ended a touchdown drought that felt interminable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
Cut a dawdling fight scene here and an interminable escape scene there, and the film would make a delightful in-universe companion to precede next summer’s “Superman” sequel, “Man of Tomorrow.”
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
Colm Hogan’s cinematography has handsome, rich shadows. but what’s best about it — and the pace of Brian Philip Davis’ editing — is they reward close attention without slumping into those interminable, inevitable jump scares.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
Pinball, for the author, was a way of “killing time,” an antidote to boredom as interminable afterschool afternoons stretched out before him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
They finished their interminable rounds in shouting triumph.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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