as in boredom
the state of being bored
I've just been stuck in the blahs lately
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boredom
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Many refugees came to her complaining of the headaches and sores and bodily pains that come from extreme stress and extreme boredom, of bedding on cold floors and being awoken through the night by explosions.—
James Verini,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2026 -
Happily, in his aptly peculiar film, docmaker Xander Robin downplays the boredom in favor of the adrenalin, and even more compellingly, of the Challenge’s diverse but uniformly eccentric sociological makeup.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
10 May 2026
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“Blahs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blahs. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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