tedious
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It was tedious, repetitive work on assembly lines, hundreds of women around me.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
It took roughly two weeks of tedious work, sifting through hours of grainy recordings.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
Every time I needed a single ingredient, I had to shuffle through a stack of identical, unlabeled bins, opening and closing them like a particularly tedious shell game.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026
Among the many tedious features of market panics is the well-known cognitive error of catastrophizing.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026
That afternoon she spent a tedious hour assisting Ana in dressing for dinner, and that evening the house was full of ladies in rich satin gowns and gentlemen wearing plush velvet and shining boots.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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