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Word: dulling (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Facebook. Is there anything it can't do? Sure, it can spice up a dull workday, reunite old school friend and serve as a matchmaker. But the site is also credited with reviving a flagging Greek system at one school after all the fraternities moved off campus in a dispute over university rules...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fraternities and Facebook: A New Recruiting Tool | 4/15/2009 | See Source »

...goddess he dreamed of (played by Cybill Shepherd) and the girl he wanted to protect (Jodie Foster). For Ronnie, Brandi is the woman he aspires to - he says, with feeling, "She's the prettiest girl in this entire mall, if not the world" - though in Faris' acute performance, her dull eyes and sour turn of mouth tell us she should be placed not on a pedestal but in the trash bin. And Nell (Colette Wolfe) is the nicest girl Ronnie doesn't quite notice: a smiling, saintly, abused cripple of near Dickensian poignancy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Observe and Report: Travis Bickle, Mall Cop | 4/9/2009 | See Source »

...inch mallet creates a satisfying thwack!, not a dull thud, against the ball, which flies precisely in the direction he intends even as he sits atop an animal that could be moving from 25 to 35 miles per hour. Nick rides the horse with a knowing intimacy, as he rhythmically pumps his upper body so that the two work as one fluid unit. No longer is Nick an awkward ursine: he’s a four-legged creature with two abdomens...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Grabbing the Reins | 4/8/2009 | See Source »

...Dull and Duller...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 4/7/2009 | See Source »

...asks, and you scramble for an answer. The course packet lies unopened on your shelf, so you recite CliffsNotes of previous lectures to fill time. Miffed, the professor scorns your apathy, but he should expect a lack of interest: Much of political science today is dull...

Author: By Brian J. Bolduc | Title: The Boredomization of Politics | 4/6/2009 | See Source »

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