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But the film never achieves the heights of the classic actioners that clearly inspired it, and its overuse of familiar genre tropes (for once, can’t the main villain be uncharismatic, like so many in real life?) soon becomes wearisome.—
Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Feb. 2025 -
Plus, a tiny bathroom with a lukewarm shower and scratchy towels can make even the best hotels feel wearisome rather than wonderful.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Jan. 2025
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Now, with Valentine’s Day just around the corner and a slew of singles who are similarly fatigued with endless swiping, hookup culture and tiresome first dates, a proliferation of alternatives are starting to pop up.—
Emily Burns,
WWD,
11 Feb. 2025
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That was a core part of the original series and the sibling rivalry stuff can get tiresome pretty quickly.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
20 Dec. 2024
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With a film in which the protagonist is largely confined to a cleaning platform, the challenge becomes less about spatial clarity and more about finding ways to keep things from getting tedious.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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The Americans were prepared for a lecture from Russia’s longtime foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, who is well known for his tedious harangues.—
Michael Crowley,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Operose.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/operose. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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