dull
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And while Grande later insisted the break was pre-planned and not “reactive or impulsive,” there’s no doubt the announcement was timed to dull the cacophony of both the jeers and cheers.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
Besides the main storyline and a dull, time-padding smuggling operation to uncover, there’s little to do for the rest of the Broken Lizard team: Paul Soter, Eric Stolhanske and Steve Emme.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
In theory, we could able to liberate ourselves of dull, menial tasks, such as replying to emails, going to meetings or managing calendars and diaries, by delegating these to capable bots.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Anyone taking a cursory glance at Monday’s market may believe it was a dull day.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
I snarl, licking my shoulder, which throbs with dull pain.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
In “push-pull,” that meant a bright red popping out in the upper left makes the duller color in the lower right seem to recede even further.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
That show is growing duller, and more lethargic and repetitive, by the day, like watching reruns of a canceled sitcom.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2026
It is usually the duller yellowish birds which are spotted in the UK, having been swept off course by storms as they migrate south in the autumn, the website said.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2024
They don’t always mesh well, and the darker the series gets, the duller it becomes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2024
It was dull work, made even duller on the days I was partnered with a fellow named Reggie, an alleged genius unhappy with the course his life had taken.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
For most of its long life, public nuisance was among the dullest legal actions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
“When you are a scientist, and you are trying to prove or disprove a notion, you work at the bench doing the dullest, most routine things over and over and over again,” Baltimore once explained.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025
Pandemic-era remote learning is well over, but for middle and high school students, school can still seem like an endless Zoom in the dullest sense of the word.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
Sunday was one of the dullest games I have watched this year but there was still a fantastic atmosphere.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2023
“It’ll also be unprecedented in the history of dull things. It’ll be the dullest thing ever written!”
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
Vulgar language can be effective in a sharp response, but it dulls with overuse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
But the passage of time naturally dulls the horror for people farther away.
From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2026
And while the film’s hyper-personal nature ultimately dulls some of its thrust, “Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost” functions beautifully as a charming tale of true love, cast in amber.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2025
In theory, each ingredient plays a role: one dries secretions, another loosens phlegm, a third dulls the cough reflex.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
Genuine science and mathematical precision are more intriguing than are the “facts” published in supermarket tabloids or a romantic innumeracy which fosters credulity, stunts skepticism, and dulls one to real imponderables.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
Part of the problem: The U.K. version’s edginess was dulled for U.S. airwaves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026
Yet performance has not dulled the appetite for change.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
The law’s shield is shattered, and its sword is dulled.
From Slate ● May 1, 2026
Five years after a Times investigation dulled the shine of the glitzy Hollywood affair, the 83rd Golden Globe Awards, airing Sunday, will cap off a multi-day series of events and tributes now dubbed “Golden Week.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2026
But then her expression dulled again and she sank back into the chair.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
Paradoxically, it is the unwavering commitment to a narrow range of recognizable figures, dulling in its totality, that turned his signature style into a full-blown brand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
The higher costs have prompted chocolate makers to raise their prices, dulling consumers' appetite for the sweets.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025
She said the government was not just waiting for the dulling to take place, and had invested £5m in interim, shorter-term road safety issues on the A9.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2025
The little carrots designed to make betting a friendly financial proposition are dulling or just going away, and they’ll only come back in limited circumstances when new states legalize the industry.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2024
Mist's dulling the gold leaves and browning the reds.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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