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Recent Examples of dullsvillePure dullsville in Van Nuys.—Boris Dralyuk, The New York Review of Books, 25 Mar. 2021 Speaking of winds, attempting to surf off Galveston in the summertime is dullsville.—Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 16 Mar. 2020 Next, if things remain dullsville, Anton Blidh could draw into the lineup.—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Jan. 2020
When one person in a group yawns, others yawn, too, in a contagious reaction.
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Jerry Weissman,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Some of us have been writing about the plight of Palestinians under their own rulers for decades — the struggle of Palestinian journalists to write freely; the tragedy of gay Palestinians seeking to live freely — only to be met with a collective yawn.
Excess moisture drips into the V-shape and is then funneled into a container.
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Lauren Carpenter,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
Because when so many Americans are tightening grocery budgets, scaling back meals, and absorbing the daily drip of scarcity, a pass that promises a burger a day doesn’t feel indulgent.
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