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
  • Not all of McCarthy’s early plans to develop franchises for Paramount+ bore fruit.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2025
  • But screenwriter Jared Rosenberg puts him on mute about a third of the way through and that leaves us stranded with Madelyn (Dockery) and Winston (Grace), two one-dimensional bores.
    Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Wild ponies, svelte & savage, graze in dune grasses, whinny, yawn.
    J.T. Townley, The New York Review of Books, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The world of Antony and Cleopatra is so immense that time yawns in it . .
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Flat burrs for drip and pour-over: Wilfa Uniform for $349: This Wilfa has long been on our list as a great flat-burr grinder for pour-overs and drip.
    Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Mornings are best spent sipping to-go drip coffee on the deck at sunrise or watching the mist roll off the water.
    Jenn Rice, AFAR Media, 26 Mar. 2025

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“Snoozer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snoozer. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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