bored
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Bored out of their minds, they riff on customers and even play hockey to pass the time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025
Bored at a dinner party or work meeting but don’t want to come off as rude by pulling out your phone to scroll?
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 21, 2025
"Bored in their job and wanting to do something different."
From BBC • May 3, 2025
It was a cartoon picture of a monkey wearing 3-D glasses called a Bored Ape that cost him $320,000.
From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2023
Bored, he shooed away a few small chickadees.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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