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tiresome

[tahyuhr-suhm] / ˈtaɪər səm /


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The only thing people like Andrew Tate and Ben Shapiro grow is more tiresome.

From Salon May 8, 2026

"It hasn't even been a week since we experienced a similar situation. It is getting tiresome," Oliva said as she returned home after giving up on plans to visit her daughter.

From Barron's Mar. 21, 2026

And their sanctimonious approach to history becomes very tiresome very quickly.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 13, 2025

The push factors, meanwhile, are long-standing bugbears - such as a poor regulatory environment, tiresome bureaucracy and a poor ease-of-business climate that has led to an exodus of wealthy, high-earning Indians over the years.

From BBC Oct. 5, 2025

Those adventures made a long evening, and I do not hold with tiresome repetition of a story.”

From "The Odyssey" by Homer




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