mundane

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Here are edited excerpts from those chats, which began rather mundane, turned increasingly strange, and ended up deadly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

After a powerful liftoff Wednesday, Artemis II’s journey to the moon has been about as mundane as a deep space mission can get.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

While Nick Ballou, one of the researchers behind the study, said it was unlikely mundane job simulators would ever be comparable to something like therapy, he believed they still had a couple of "unique benefits".

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

One of the hardest parts of grief is reckoning with the fact that life doesn’t stop and the most mundane tasks still need doing, even when your internal landscape feels shattered.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

Whenever she felt this way, panic would slice into her at the slightest thing, and mundane events would become arbiters of doom.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie