yawn
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While the initial reaction in the stock market was a collective yawn, a five-year lookback shows that long-term investors have been treated very well by the company’s board of directors.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 13, 2026
If your mouth opens wide during any of the supposedly terrifying interludes, it’s more likely to form a yawn than a cry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
Zack Baun’s last name rhymes with yawn, and that was pretty much the reaction a year ago when the Philadelphia Eagles signed him as a free agent out of New Orleans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2025
A cricket war that's now just a big yawn, headlined India Today magazine.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2025
He shoves the headphones over my ears and does this giant, gaping yawn.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
Contra all the stifled yawns and thinly veiled condescension, the contest — now in its final stretch — is the most compelling California gubernatorial campaign in decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026
“Today’s market yawns at the risk only because Iran talks tough, but hasn’t pulled the trigger, ever,” Raj said.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 12, 2026
This account reposts tons of cute videos—of snuggles, leaps, yawns, and naps.
From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2024
At the end of May, dusk yawns deep over the bayou, spinning orange-pink gold across summer-green front lawns, softening the day-bleached glare of pearlshell gravel roads.
From Salon ● May 10, 2024
Someone in the front yawns audibly, and Dr. Matthews frowns at him.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
The world watched dumbstruck as the historic event was broadcast live, but Wall Street yawned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The C-130’s cargo doors yawned open, letting in a rush of sea air before Gaza came into view.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
Newspapers have felt it for decades, part of a system whose fractures have yawned into complete breaks.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2025
Pimblett, who yawned after sitting down, looked disinterested for the majority of the news conference before being sparked into life by Ferguson.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2023
Biff yawned wanly, patting his open mouth with his fingertips until his jaw had relaxed.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
That has left a yawning gap between the price of crude oil and diesel or gasoline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Before the advent of yawning, warehouse-sized big-box stores, print catalogs served as portals to the future.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
State police "would help fill the yawning gaps in extant policing framework," Femi Mimiko, a political science professor at Obafemi Awolowo University, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Much of “Choo Choo Revue,” like the yawning, serenading moon, is rooted in the music of the past.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
Soon he too would be waking, stretching, yawning, going about the business of his day.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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