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But never fear, undemanding kids will probably get on board for this anyway as a time killer.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
16 July 2025 Threes Platforms: mobile, PC, Xbox, Web The king of idle time killers, Threes is one of the few remaining reasons for not throwing your smartphone into the ocean.—
Joshua Rivera,
Vulture,
6 May 2025 The time killer of choice, as always with the Cats on a flight, will be poker.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2024 The May 4 incident was the third time killer whales (Orcinus orca) have sunk a vessel off the coasts of Portugal and Spain in the past three years.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
24 May 2023 The album is a cornucopia of oddball earworms, but look alive at 1:35 into this track, when the quartet unveils a devilishly righteous stop-time killer that turns into a punishing groove once the full band kicks in.—
Hank Shteamer,
SPIN,
24 Jan. 2023 That’s a time killer.—
Dan Goodin,
Ars Technica,
18 Sep. 2020