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 There have been worse games, perhaps, than the Philadelphia Eagles’ 40-22 rout of the Kansas City Chiefs, a snoozer from the second quarter on. Paul Sullivan, Sun Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2025 Related Stories Movies Move Over, Asha Banks Is Now in the Driver's Seat PartyNextDoor, OVO stalwart and generally unremarkable, plays second fiddle on this long, bloated, 21-song snoozer. Jonny Coleman, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 The 2019 Super Bowl, a 13-3 snoozer of a New England Patriots win over the Los Angeles Rams, drew 98.5 million viewers, according to Nielsen estimates. David K. Li, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2025 Jeanty ran for 104 yards (third among quarterfinal rushers), fumbled twice and Penn State won a snoozer 31-14. Manny Navarro, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for snoozer
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Noun
  • Final bore Sports fans who come to March Madness looking for a Cinderella story will have to wait until next year.
    Jacob Pramuk, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Important information is still missing, including bore, stroke, displacement, and peak power.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • When one person in a group yawns, others yawn, too, in a contagious reaction.
    Jerry Weissman, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Some of us have been writing about the plight of Palestinians under their own rulers for decades — the struggle of Palestinian journalists to write freely; the tragedy of gay Palestinians seeking to live freely — only to be met with a collective yawn.
    Bret Stephens, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Excess moisture drips into the V-shape and is then funneled into a container.
    Lauren Carpenter, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Because when so many Americans are tightening grocery budgets, scaling back meals, and absorbing the daily drip of scarcity, a pass that promises a burger a day doesn’t feel indulgent.
    Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025

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“Snoozer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snoozer. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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