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He gave an interview to the BBC’s Talkback programme, which he described as "boringly detailed", outlining the nuances of what had been agreed.

From BBC • May 31, 2024

There's also something about the idea of eating less of something that feels intrinsically — and boringly — austere.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2024

But Franklin and Gosling's paper, boringly entitled “Molecular Configuration in Sodium Thymonucleate,” lacked the impact of Watson and Crick's declaration that they had discovered DNA's structure.

From Scientific American • Sep. 24, 2023

“I’m a little boringly classicist. I like the idea that when you go and explore a place, you do so by not imposing your gaze upon it.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2022

But impertinent observers have remarked that Cats in England are required to be so boringly proper that this is their only distraction.

From Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales by Van Vechten, Carl