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Comparing their respective form, or wondering to what extent a four-hour first-week match may diminish one of them in the final, could quickly become tedious.

From BBC Jan. 23, 2026

Even as their infantile, often disgusting antics become tedious, the film’s tone shifts from daft to tenderly melancholic as signs of human encroachment on their habitat multiply.

From New York Times Apr. 11, 2024

On the other hand, a phone’s screen is small and fiddly, and holding it up every time you want to use an AR app could become tedious.

From Economist Feb. 1, 2017

This could become tedious, since every new rain shower will bring fresh pools of standing water in flower pots, lawn furniture and the like -- but it must be done.

From US News May 9, 2016

These children are quite expert printers, and have followed their fancies very much as to what they printed; as, favorite stories or scraps of poetry, for I did not wish the process to become tedious.

From Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. by Mary E. Mann




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