mundane
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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
Some of the crucial work done at Bell Labs might now seem mundane: for example, how to fabricate sheathing so undersea cables wouldn’t be chewed through by Toredo worms.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 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
Here in the hold, everyone in the Collective is just as busy with mundane chores as they are above.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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