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Noun
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There’s a timeless feeling of childhood in the unstructured fluidity of their day, teetering on the border of dreaminess and boredom, its possibilities both expanded and limited by the boys’ imagination.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026 -
The Benevolent Knights of the Raccoon, the group responsible for Armadillo Day, traced their origins to beer, boredom and Texas heritage.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
3 Feb. 2026
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The 119th Congress is a ghost ship, steered by ennui and the desire to evade hard choices.—
Josh Tyrangiel,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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His blue eyes always sparkled with a peculiar combination of intelligence, mischief, and ennui, exactly like Robin Williams.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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So does the Bulls front office regret waiting a full year to pull the lever on a roster overhaul?—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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The letter would be published as an advertisement in The Wall Street Journal and include expressions of regret to the Jewish and Black communities.—
Anna Peele,
Vanity Fair,
6 Feb. 2026
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The 44-year-old NFL coaching veteran does all his work in the game’s margins: in the tedium of the rule book, in the idiosyncrasies of referee tendencies, in the minutiae of situations that make or break games and seasons and careers.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Jan. 2026
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Enthusiasm aside, the tedium of those first few weeks was tough.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
4 Dec. 2025
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His motion veered between expressions of hopelessness and elaborate proposals for prisoner exchanges.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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The American intelligence community has long known that insurgent groups—many of which openly seek the destruction of the United States—rely on desperation, food insecurity, and hopelessness to gain recruits.—
Hana Kiros,
The Atlantic,
3 Feb. 2026
Noun
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As half-time approached during Sunderland’s visit, there was a growing desperation for an opener from the Emirates crowd.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Saturday in the Battle at the Bay at Mission Bay High School, the last big event before the end of the regular season, Montgomery fell behind by 17 points, went on a 16-0 run, and then lost 57-56 to Steele Canyon when a desperation last-second shot banged off the rim.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There’s a little extra despair considering who is coaching the Patriots.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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The band’s energy is not one of despair – like so many others – but one of Esperanza.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
4 Feb. 2026
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