droner

Definition of dronernext
as in bore
someone or something boring the movie turned out to be a droner

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Noun
  • Marchand did not see the ice in OT but calmly stepped to the center dot, bore in on Korpisalo and beat him over the glove with a pretty backhander, a move Pastrnak knows well.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
  • This civic attitude kicked into high gear as ICE bore down on the state.
    Eric Roper, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The drip, drip, drip of layoffs at increasingly profitable companies like ASML and Amazon can ruin morale among remaining workers and contribute to a growing sense that—because of AI or not—no one’s job is safe.
    Claire Zillman, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • This bed is planted with herbs and watered with a drip irrigation system.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • One such winner is Steve Kovacs, who took first place in the Blackwater category, as well as the coveted best-in-show prize, for his whimsical image of a monkfish in Japan appearing to yawn.
    Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The oohs and aahs over a 100-mph pitch have been replaced by yawns.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2026
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“Droner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/droner. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.

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