boring

But allow me to be the boring, sober voice of reason: There’s a vast ocean of cruises between living frugally and rolling out the proverbial red carpet every time you step outside your front door.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

As a somewhat boring guy myself, I can’t say I disagree!

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

Their audience generally skews older, and for some, an older crowd’s curiosities skew boring.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

Volatility subindexes haven’t existed that long, but fund managers who have studied the so-called “Low Beta Anomaly” have shown that entire decades—the 1930s, 1970s and 2000s—were good times to own boring stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

“Good point. It’s gotta be boring in there.”

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

The district proposes to make 226 borings and dig 57 test pits into the Earth across 2,500 cubic yards, according to the project description.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2022

On underground projects, engineers and geologists try to foresee what’s below via soil borings throughout a construction site before excavating begins.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2018

The Vancouver, British Columbia-based company wants to use existing roads to access 14 locations to drill test borings to determine the possible value of its copper mining claim.

From Washington Times ● May 26, 2016

The company seeks to use existing roads to access 14 locations to drill test borings about 1,000 feet deep and a few inches across to assess the possible value of its copper-mining claim.

From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2016

And Odysseus took his time, turning the bow, tapping it, every inch, for borings that termites might have made while the master of the weapon was abroad.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer