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snoozer

noun

ˈsnü-zər

Definition of snoozer

as in bore

someone or something boring the supposed farce turned out to be a numbingly slow snoozer

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Recent Examples of snoozer Adebayo’s pursuit of history transformed a garbage-time snoozer into a highly competitive game within the game. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 14 Mar. 2026 With energy and focus from every player, the Lakers delivered one of their best defensive efforts of the season despite circumstances that could have made Sunday’s game a snoozer. — Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026 This improved the snoozers’ ability to learn new information for the rest of the day, as their brain’s synapses were no longer as saturated. — Hunter Boyce, AJC.com, 11 Feb. 2026 Houston’s first Super Bowl was a snoozer, as the Dolphins led 17-0 at halftime and 24-0 after three quarters. — Greg Rajan, Houston Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for snoozer

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Noun

Its creators expected coding and debugging effort to fall to less than one-fifth, and early use bore that out.

— Boris Kontsevoi, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Scar, The Lion King Really, though, wasn’t Mufasa such a bore?

— Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of bore

Noun

Fresh off a walk-off loss the day before, Dave Roberts was asked about his team’s recent play and couldn’t stifle a yawn.

— Katie Woo, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Livestream cameras at Alaska’s Katmai National Park recently spotted the distinctive brown bear cub (Ursus arctos) sitting in the grass (and giving a little yawn), according to Popular Science.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of yawn

Noun

That explains some of how Eubank Jr ended up spending two days in hospital hooked up to a drip after his first fight against Benn.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Pitchside Coffee serves a variety of espresso drinks, drip coffee, iced teas, matcha and more.

— Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of drip

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