bored
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When he was bored during the pandemic, Yankovic made it his mission to find the city’s best culinary offerings for categories like doughnuts and chocolate chip cookies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Give it a listen; it sounds like it was written by committee and by four bored teens in equal measure.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
Announcing the policy at the party's conference in Brighton, co-deputy leader Mothin Ali said there were a million "bored, desperate and lost" young people who were out of work, training or education.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
They are from drill holes bored hundreds of metres below the surface by mineral exploration companies decades ago.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
“I’m gonna go bored out of my mind laying around all day, but you gotta take care of your health when that’s all you’ve got. Remember that.”
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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