yawn
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So far, the public response to all this is mostly a yawn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
While the initial reaction in the stock market was a collective yawn, a five-year lookback shows that long-term investors have been treated very well by the company’s board of directors.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 13, 2026
The higher cap is “a big yawn for” independent productions, said Sky Moore, a partner at law firm Greenberg Glusker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2024
“You are advised to be chewing something, yawn or keep your mouth open,” the announcer said, to the amusement of some passengers.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2024
Another yawn threatened to break out—all this stress was exhausting.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
The oohs and aahs over a 100-mph pitch have been replaced by yawns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2026
“Today’s market yawns at the risk only because Iran talks tough, but hasn’t pulled the trigger, ever,” Raj said.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 12, 2026
This account reposts tons of cute videos—of snuggles, leaps, yawns, and naps.
From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2024
Their working relationship informs their riveting performances, but the consideration each has for their vampire’s lot translates into a palpable yearning, or the type of regret that yawns with an unhinged jaw.
From Salon ● May 26, 2024
He yawns at meals, is short-tempered with the younger children.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
The world watched dumbstruck as the historic event was broadcast live, but Wall Street yawned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
“Undercover Boss” premiered during the Great Recession, when the wage gap had yawned into a canyon.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026
Pimblett, who yawned after sitting down, looked disinterested for the majority of the news conference before being sparked into life by Ferguson.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2023
The dollar-yen pair traditionally tracks the gap between the countries' long-term yields, which has yawned to 380 basis points in the dollar's favour.
From Reuters ● Sep. 29, 2023
As the boy talked, the man who had been looking on yawned and turned away, but not before tapping Jonathan on the head and saying, “Don’t you worry none.”
From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi
Before the advent of yawning, warehouse-sized big-box stores, print catalogs served as portals to the future.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
State police "would help fill the yawning gaps in extant policing framework," Femi Mimiko, a political science professor at Obafemi Awolowo University, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
The yawning gap between the policy preferences of elites and those of rank-and-file blacks remains today, but it was just as obvious three decades ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
Those yawning at the contest may be looking for glitz and entertainment.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
Dinner was served and the others came in—Sparrow and Ruby from the garden; Feral, yawning, from the direction of his room.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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