leaden
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Their intended audience includes national security bureaucrats in the U.S. and abroad and the think-tankers and journalists obliged by a sense of professional responsibility to at least scan these generally leaden, cliché-ridden products of groupthink.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025
The game began with the floodlights on, leaden skies overhead and the expectation that rain was inevitable, so it was something of a surprise when Sri Lanka opted to bat first.
From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025
In that void, Alfonso Manas, a researcher from the University of Granada, sees a fallen fighter, struck down by the leaden women above her.
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2024
They’ve accomplished it, but at the expense of engagement, resulting in a collection of leaden scenes that might make the audience want to claw out of its own skin.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2024
He walked up and eased himself down beside him and they sat watching the leaden sea lift and fall beyond the breakers.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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