listless
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In Georgia Bernstein’s alluringly listless “Night Nurse,” something is afoot at a luxury retirement community.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
The relative predictability of baking, putting together ingredients with a tasty outcome, anchors listless days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
He replaces Sabri Lamouchi, who was fired after Tunisia’s listless loss to Sweden.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
The All Blacks put in a curiously listless performance and subsequently sacked head coach Brett Robertson.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026
But the last couple of shifts he’s been listless and unshaven, and tonight he looks like the ghost we all know him to be, with dark halfmoons hanging from his eyes.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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