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Recent Examples of yawner
In a real yawner of a study, researchers found that chimps can catch yawns from humans, which suggests chimps may have the ability to empathize with a variety of creatures in a way that's similar to our own.
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Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 12 Mar. 2014
Psychologists have claimed that contagious yawning is linked to empathy in humans—those who yawn back are thought to be empathizing with the initial yawner’s feelings of boredom, fatigue or stress.
—Erica Tennenhouse, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2018
If the stakes had not been so high—with election deniers on the ballot and the GOP running as the party of destruction—this would have been seen as a yawner of a midterm.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 28 Nov. 2022
This one might not have been quite as ugly as the Colts-Broncos yawner that had famed play-by-play announcer Al Michaels launching zingers and creating a buzz on social media.
—Andrew Seligman, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Oct. 2022
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Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 12 Mar. 2014
Psychologists have claimed that contagious yawning is linked to empathy in humans—those who yawn back are thought to be empathizing with the initial yawner’s feelings of boredom, fatigue or stress.
—Erica Tennenhouse, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2018
If the stakes had not been so high—with election deniers on the ballot and the GOP running as the party of destruction—this would have been seen as a yawner of a midterm.
—Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 28 Nov. 2022
This one might not have been quite as ugly as the Colts-Broncos yawner that had famed play-by-play announcer Al Michaels launching zingers and creating a buzz on social media.
—Andrew Seligman, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yawner
Noun
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In the rush to create newer, faster, more monetizable technologies — and to enable the kind of corporate empires whose chief executives stood beside Donald Trump at his inauguration — privacy and safety regulations seemed like a bore.—
Zeynep Tufekci,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025
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Again, the temperature rose far earlier than expected, and the KTB team was also surprised to find that the rock at this depth was not solid, and large amounts of fluid and gas were pouring into the bore hole to complicate the effort further.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Wild ponies, svelte & savage, graze in dune grasses, whinny, yawn.—
J.T. Townley,
The New York Review of Books,
6 Mar. 2025
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The world of Antony and Cleopatra is so immense that time yawns in it . .—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Both can make tasty drip coffee that would please any connoisseur.—
Matthew Korfhage,
WIRED,
7 Mar. 2025
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Grab a cup of good drip coffee at Stardust Vide & Coffee, a honey-pistachio latte at Lobos Coffee, or a strong cortado at Lineage Coffee.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Yawner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yawner. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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