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[duhl] / dʌl /








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This cheerless club was grouchily owned, poorly assembled, haphazardly managed, chronically undermanned, and, worst of all, dull.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

He has vowed to liven up proceedings, saying during a hustings event that chamber business had become "dull".

From BBC • May 14, 2026

On one side, doing the dull work of democracy — “I want to be a good chief,” says Ralph, voted into the office early on, “and we need to be good campmates.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

But it’s not just the film itself that feels off, with its allegory’s dull arrow landing in a field thousands of acres away from the target.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

In an upstairs bedroom at the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Vienna, the president’s doctor gave him an injection to dull the pain.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin




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