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Director Jon Favreau’s film, which he wrote with Dave Filoni and Noah Kloor, features a grindingly simple plot that provides the weakest possible pretext to staple together a series of uninspired monster and droid fights.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

And yet both here and in other comparable Western democracies, governing in the 2020s looks grindingly difficult.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2024

In spite of its many forays into philosophy and even mysticism, these grindingly real, almost cringeworthy passages ground the novel.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2022

Progress in the east and south, while slow, has been grindingly steady.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2022

Mary ground her parasol into Mrs. Burton-Jones' best sod and her small white teeth shut grindingly behind her lips.

From The Window-Gazer by Mackay, Isabel Ecclestone