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yawn

verb as in open mouth wide, usually sign of

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But unlike the first unveiling of those targets a year ago, and Oracle’s quarterly report last month that included even more blowout numbers, investors yawned.

The government is scrambling to implement spending cuts and push through measures to narrow this yawning budget deficit to under 5% of gross domestic product.

Since then, Macron has churned through three different prime ministers, struggling to pass annual budgets and narrow the country’s yawning deficit.

That interest is clear as Dyer takes in the humdrum slice-of-life shuffling about at a yawn’s pace from the waiting area on our recent field trip.

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“There’s a yawning longevity gap between those who can afford their shelter, food and healthcare, and those who can’t,” Johnson said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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