leaden
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On a pitch that had been under cover for the previous two days, under leaden skies and with showers forecast, England would have been desperate to win the toss.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
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
Bruce Springsteen, “Streets of Philadelphia Sessions” From the Boss’ “Tracks II” trove of lost albums, a more vivid depiction of Bummed-Out Bruce than director Scott Cooper’s leaden “Deliver Me From Nowhere.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
But her touch is so heavy that it becomes leaden, almost crushing.
From Salon • Oct. 21, 2025
Olive removed her leaden shoes and performed a gravity-defying gymnastics routine on a set of parallel bars.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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