bored
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Some—like the Shakespeare-reading New Hampshire farmer John Ordway and the Kentucky woodsmen Joseph and Reuben Field—were poor and bored and ready for adventure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
I’m pleasantly surprised by what I’m listening to instead of frustrated and bored.
From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026
"I'm bored out of my mind," one journalist told AFP, declining to be named.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
Sometimes they get bored, because I will keep choosing to do this, but I don’t care, because it is a movie theater that I love.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
Anyway, I thought I would get bored reading so much about you, but once I started, I couldn’t stop.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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