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Noun
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That at a certain point, the gooner will open his eyes, find himself in a room filled with lube but void of love, and decide that the boredom of staying in that room outweighs the fear of whatever lies beyond it.—
Daniel Kolitz,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025 -
And yes, there were occasional hijinks spurred by youthful boredom and restlessness.—
Scott Huver,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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Among the notable new names set to walk the halls of the ennui-addled series are Natasha Lyonne, Eli Roth, YouTube icon Trisha Paytas, True Blood star Sam Trammell, and Till luminary Danielle Deadwyler.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Oct. 2025
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Absolved of the possibility of death, the novel suffers the ennui that vampires endure.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris reiterated her regret over Tesla CEO Elon Musk being snubbed four years ago by then-President Joe Biden.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
18 Oct. 2025
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The ballad reflects on a chance meeting with an ex after a breakup and serves as a rare apology from the singer, expressing regret for a relationship that ended too soon.—
Bryan West,
Nashville Tennessean,
17 Oct. 2025
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But there’s something more to the Kalimotxo, something that seems to be immune to sophomoric tedium or mixological condescension, something that keeps people going back decade after decade.—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
11 Oct. 2025
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Ti West, who scored double horror hits last year with X and Pearl, commits almost too well to the sightseeing tedium of a typical vacation video.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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The film contrasts the picturesque Alpine scenery of Tyrol with the hopelessness and isolation of the people who live in this landscape involuntarily – rejected asylum seekers placed on top of the Bürglkopf mountain.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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Strangers became friends and friends became family in a crowd that has felt anger, despair and hopelessness before finally feeling some happiness.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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Facing fourth-and-4 at its 49-yard line, Grunkemeyer faced an all-out blitz and his desperation pass fell incomplete.—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Seminoles backup Kevin Sparry, a true freshman, completed a desperation 53-yard pass to Micahi Danzy to the Stanford 9 with two seconds left, and then the Cardinal were called for pass interference in the end zone on the next play, setting FSU up at the 2 for an untimed down.—
Harold Gutmann,
Mercury News,
19 Oct. 2025
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From the depths of despair, a reason to persist emerged and wheat flour surfaced.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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Come for the downward spiral of hellish despair, stay for macabre goat Black Phillip and the ominous climax.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Dismalness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismalness. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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