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By 1989, the Slow Food Manifesto was signed by over 20 global delegates - pledging to "escape the tediousness of fast-food" by "defending old-fashioned food traditions".

From BBC • May 22, 2026

But there’s an occasional tediousness to this behind-the-scenes, making-of endeavor, and a few moments of built-in dissatisfaction, as when Cuiffo has to perform tricks that he knows won’t work.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2023

Watching the play, “you sit through the tediousness of the every day, and by the time the third act comes around, you’re like, ‘Well, I don’t care anymore.’”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 2022

It’s a chipper declaration about the obsolescence of boy-girl rules, the tediousness of assumptions and the glory of creativity.

From Washington Post • May 24, 2022

The observances of the table had one merit in the Fumbally household; they were conducted with no unnecessary tediousness.

From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) by Lever, Charles James