3) Die Langeweile — , to beguile ennui, the taedium or dullness [of a place &c.] with playing;

There is such a barrier also which divides honest reporting from cheap newsmongering.

Having therefore—but hold, as we are diffident of our own abilities, let us here invite a superior power to our assistance.

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