Word: lull
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...city, they were greeted with gunfire. Marines on the ground spotted the muzzle flashes and called in bombs directed at the shooters. "This big fight had to happen at some point," said Baccellieri, 23, from Portland, Ore., as he leaned against a wall of the house during a lull in the fighting. "Let's get it over with, so we can start rebuilding the place and get out of here...
...barrage of poorly conceived and flawlessly executed hooks. Admittedly, that’s just pop music at its least inspired—but when people still champion real bands for “saying something,” not realizing it’s the hooks that lull them into complacency, what are they really talking about? The implication is that there’s something more being communicated, some intangible fundamental human truth that transcends mere music-making and automatically stamps a singer/songwriter’s work...
...final round of The Masters simultaneously was taking place—wherein my favorite golfer, Phil Mickelson—was trying to win his first Major ever after a career of disappointments and top-three finishes without a win. As I flipped back and forth at every lull in the action of the Sox game or every time a golfer besides Mickelson was being shown, both Mickelson and the Sox faltered early as both Ernie Els and the Blue Jays took early leads...
...despite the lull in the action, Boe did not, in fact, have full possession of the puck, and the attentive Darwitz whacked home the go-ahead goal from just outside the crease as the Crimson pair stood idly...
...this wasn’t basketball calling for them. This wasn’t for a lucrative salary, or even fame. They gave up the gentle lull of civilian life because they had a vision...