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Recent Examples of yawnerIn a real yawner of a study, researchers found that chimps can catch yawns from humans, which suggests chimps may have the ability to empathize with a variety of creatures in a way that's similar to our own.—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 12 Mar. 2014 Psychologists have claimed that contagious yawning is linked to empathy in humans—those who yawn back are thought to be empathizing with the initial yawner’s feelings of boredom, fatigue or stress.—Erica Tennenhouse, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2018 If the stakes had not been so high—with election deniers on the ballot and the GOP running as the party of destruction—this would have been seen as a yawner of a midterm.—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 28 Nov. 2022 This one might not have been quite as ugly as the Colts-Broncos yawner that had famed play-by-play announcer Al Michaels launching zingers and creating a buzz on social media.—Andrew Seligman, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Oct. 2022 See All Example Sentences for yawner
Leaner cuts also reduce fat drips and flame flare-ups, which can contribute to carcinogen formation.
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Kathleen Ferraro,
Verywell Health,
3 July 2025
With companies going where liquidity is abundant, a steady drip of firms being taken private, and too few initial public offerings coming along to replace them, pressure is mounting to reverse the slow but inexorable shrinking of London’s historic trading venue.
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