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"bland" Definitions
  1. with little colour, excitement or interest; without anything to attract attention synonym nondescript
  2. not having a strong or interesting taste
  3. showing no strong emotions or excitement; not saying anything very interesting
"bland" Synonyms
boring dull monotonous tedious weak flat uninteresting dreary insipid unexciting uninspiring unimaginative drab dry vapid colorless(US) colourless(UK) commonplace lustreless run-of-the-mill soft balmy mild soothing benign calm delicate gentle light mellow nonabrasive temperate tender calmative clear lenient mollifying nonirritant nonirritating smooth tasteless flavorless(US) flavourless(UK) thin watered-down savourless unflavoured watery spiceless unappetizing wishy-washy savorless unsavory(US) unsavoury(UK) dead unpalatable quiet unobtrusive unostentatious unpretentious restrained reserved muted understated subdued subtle discreet conservative neutral sober plain suave urbane cultivated polite refined polished courteous sophisticated cultured civilised(UK) civilized(US) civil gracious debonair courtly gentlemanly gallant mannerly worldly underwhelming blasé disappointing cheerless dismal bleak miserable dark depressing desolate gloomy grim sombre(UK) comfortless funereal solemn somber(US) austere forlorn unhappy inedible uneatable bitter disgusting off-putting revolting sour unappealing uninviting horrible nauseating rancid sickening popular lay general amateur accessible approachable simplified simple easy straightforward understandable intelligible middlebrow lowbrow embraced familiar pop cheap easy to understand unseasoned inexperienced callow green immature raw untrained unfledged naive untried new innocent unversed unpracticed unsophisticated young unworldly wet behind the ears fresh unconversant pharisaical insincere canting artificial false hypocritical phoney(UK) phony(US) deceptive unctuous double duplicitous hollow dissembling specious fraudulent spurious lying Pecksniffian faithless knightly chivalrous courageous heroic noble valiant brave bold dauntless fearless honorable(US) honourable(UK) intrepid stout-hearted noble-minded valorous diplomatic tactful politic sensitive prudent clever judicious discerning skilful(UK) skillful(US) adept careful considerate thoughtful understanding arch harmless safe innocuous wholesome innoxious anodyne hurtless inoffensive non-dangerous non-poisonous non-toxic white non-addictive non-irritant nontoxic controllable faint low diffuse dim dimmed diffused shaded tinted diminished glimmering glowing faded shimmering More
"bland" Antonyms
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778 Sentences With "bland"

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He was bland in the way that Tom Brady is bland.
It is bland the way upper-class food used to be bland.
Tomato Clown Fish / Tomato Sauce This guy looks like some bland winter tomatoes and bland tomatoes make bland sauce, so sadly, this one barely passes.
"You can call my meatballs bland, but never call my music bland," Perry says.
That's why, as bland as he is, he's almost so bland it's kind of fascinating.
Bertha Bland, 54, said her grandson Stephen Bland had been friends with Pagourtzis since the fourth grade.
Pagourtzis' mother told Bland her son would stay up all night playing video games, according to Bland.
The video showed the officer yelling at Bland and threatening to "light [Bland] up" with a Taser.
Stefanie Batten Bland (Saturday) Edward Bland was a radical contemporary jazz composer and filmmaker who died in 2013.
Bland facade; hellish interior Pollsmoor is a bland face-brick facility, surrounded by luxury wine estates and wealthy suburbs.
Joel and Sheila live in a bland suburb and discuss bland topics like toaster ovens (people still own toaster ovens?).
But it's impossible to tell whether Lively is a bland, nice woman or an actress playing a caricature of a bland, nice woman.
How this bland-ass team in a bland-ass stadium became the standard bearer for playing baseball "the right way" is beyond me.
Bland was arrested and charged with resisting arrest and assaulting an officer; Encinia claimed that Bland kicked him, but the encounter was not captured on video.
Text in the museum honors James Bland, the author of the Mummers' unofficial theme, "O Dem Golden Slippers" — interestingly, Bland was an African-American minstrel composer.
The family of Sandra Bland has been awarded $1.9 million in a wrongful death lawsuit after Bland died of a reported suicide while in jail in July 2015.
The Sandra Bland case: Newly released video of a 2015 roadside encounter that resulted in the arrest and death of Ms. Bland has prompted calls for renewed investigations.
" - Peter, 234 "Potatoes are just bland mush balls.
Her "Week 6" rejection was one of the most drawn-out, over-the-top moments in a fairly bland season (a season so bland even the contestants expected a snoozefest).
Did you realize before this moment that your sexual experience apparently only included putting whatever penis into whichever vagina and that this means you are bland and that bland is not great?
After Sarsour was released, she told the Huffington Post she was upset Bland was still being held, because Bland was "expressing her milk in the sink" and needed to nurse her baby.
Almost exactly a year ago, Sandra Bland was pulled over for a routine traffic stop in Texas that quickly escalated when the officer asked Bland to put out her cigarette and she refused.
It's unclear if Bland continues to work at the dealership.
For women like Sandra Bland who are treated like monsters.
Nest's big idea for 2017 was remarkably bland: home security.
"We have so few data points about meteorites," Bland said.
The video ends with Bland appearing to end the recording.
Bland has lived in Lake Lure since she was 2.
No, the steak is mundane, somewhat tough and rather bland.
It's a far cry from the bland, modern movie websites.
I think people tend to pick safe and bland designs.
The building, a former shopping mall, is Bay Area bland.
Splatoon's colorful inkling characters started out as bland, white boxes.
When I bit in, the flavor was bland and dry.
What's new: Bland filmed the traffic stop on her cellphone.
They're a little bland and I'm not a big fan.
Encinia arrested Bland in July 2015 after a traffic stop.
Three days later, Bland was found dead in her cell.
Unable to make $500 bail, Bland was held in jail.
The taste was a little bland, but Cholula fixed that.
Some places were too contemporary or bland for her taste.
Why is such a sophisticated, spicy cuisine often rendered bland?
There are few worse meals than bland, uninspired fish dinners.
He grew up on a farm and ate bland corn?
We created unbelievable characters — bland stereotypes — and fictionalized their lives.
But only one can be dense and dry and bland.
Dashcam video presented a tense exchange between Bland and Encinia.
The soup is decent, but the tortellini is really bland.
Price: $24,2003 The Mazda 3 has a uniquely bland cupholder.
My meals were somewhat bland and the menus were uninspired.
Young drivers are polished in public relations, friendly but bland.
Sandra Bland, who died in custody in 2015, had epilepsy.
I ate the same bland toast multiple times per day.
It was the beginning of the end of Sandra Bland.
She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and is a candidate for a master's degree in nursing at N.Y.U. She is a daughter of Stacey Grodd Bland and Robert J. Bland of Branford, Conn.
Exactly a year ago, 28-year-old Sandra Bland was pulled over for a routine traffic stop in Texas that quickly escalated when the officer asked Bland to put out her cigarette and she refused.
It's bland, but I hate wasting food, so I finish it.
General Franco is short with a bland face and retreating hairline.
The McDonalds croquette is a bland slab of everyman's beef ragout.
He'd consume whatever bland slop I could get him to eat.
Andromeda, on the other hand, is a bland cover-based shooter.
Rachel Bland shows her extensive scrapbook documenting her Dirty Dancing experiences.
When he did, he asked Bland to put out her cigarette.
It was somewhat bland; I guess sugar brings out its flavor.
In this bland and uniform market some producers spy an opportunity.
In many ways, Bland is the narrator of her own documentary.
For Bland, weaving is more than a means; it enables discovery.
A goal like improving well-being might seem bland and unexceptionable.
If all that sounds a little bland and pale, you're right.
Airy, sparse, uncluttered—a little bland, perhaps, but hard to dislike.
And it's true, the horror scenes in question are pretty bland.
I add a lot of spices so it's not as bland.
In fact, the clip art illustration style is almost aggressively bland.
Thankfully, this doesn't require backpack-size straps and bland colors only.
Mr. Bumpers's detractors, however, called him personally bland and politically noncommittal.
When sick, Italians choose to eat "in bianco," or bland food.
Their clothes represent the people who support it, bland and uncreative.
Bland was arrested after refusing to get out of her car.
Three days later, Bland was found hanging in her jail cell.
But inexpensive farmed salmon is a bland, sorry alternative to wild.
People who get past the smell describe the taste as bland.
But the social media hearing was not just bland or tedious.
Erica Grodd Bland and Matthew Robert Lear were married Aug. 20.
The program had a somewhat bland title: Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification.
Apple presented itself as the stylish alternative to bland, functional PCs.
And the bland bun doesn't do this sandwich any favors, either.
But much like the song itself, the video is kinda bland??
"That was pretty bland, and he was so opposed to it."
In 2015, Sandra Bland, 28, was arrested during a traffic stop.
On Thursday, they did neither: they were merely efficient and bland.
These programs can only get so good, then it gets bland.
Bland, who was fired by U.S.C., has pleaded guilty to bribery.
Three days later, Bland was found dead in her holding cell.
Bland had been in touch with her family to secure bail.
Bland suddenly died while still in police custody three days later.
But getting elected is not about appealing to the bland median.
Ditto mayonnaise; in the era of identity condiments, it's too bland.
Bland, institutional food can be bad for patients in many ways.
Still firmly in last place, the hamburger is just so bland.
But what some see as shortcomings I see as assets. Bland?
Maggie Severns, Elena Schneider and Scott Bland contributed to this report.
And lots of vocalists, like Ray Charles, Bobby Bland, Sam Cooke.
Bob Bland, Michigan's longtime equipment manager, is responsible for the surprises.
Scott Bland, Melanie Zanona and Burgess Everett contributed to this report.
"We care about equality and rights for all," Ms. Bland said.
CNN has reached out to Mallory, Bland and Sarsour for comment.
Reporting by Melissa Bland and Washington newsroom; Editing by Paul Simao
Her phrasing was, for the most part, slurred, soothing and bland.
The Reagans, the Obamas, even the Bushes — they're all comparatively bland.
Bland, who recently gave birth, was the last to be released.
An audibly irritated Bland asked questions regarding the cause for the stop as an even more irritable, then aggressive, Encinia escalated the encounter, forcing Bland out of her car, then pushing her head to the ground.
" Bland: "So you're threatening to drag me out of my own car.
But previously Razer could only fit a 21900 into the bland Blade.
That's the right call, even if I found it kind of bland.
She cooks a Blue Apron meal, and it looks bland as shit.
Even with the changes in design, the Fitbit Versa looks rather bland.
Most efforts get bogged down in belabored storytelling, bland filmmaking, or both.
I pack up the dog's special bland diet food and we're off.
That would also, sadly, explain why the Rift S looks so bland.
"Put all that together, and we'll get the complete story," Bland said.
They have allowed the status quo to fester into bland pseudo-entertainment.
You'll leave the sports bar, and Sandra Bland will keep being dead.
"My daughter wore it for six years," said Bland, touching it delicately.
Hopefully he'll stick to a much more bland diet in the future!!
Let's be real: Compared to other beverages, water can be pretty…bland.
"They called us about a thousand times," Bland-Ball told NBC News.
Far from bad, the starting three pieces were too close to bland.
The police withheld video of Sandra Bland that tells a different story.
Ms. Bland died in police custody; her death was ruled a suicide.
Amazon Spark had been a fairly bland service, if truth be told.
They even gave him bland, simple clothing to match his social status.
Bland died last summer in police custody after a routine traffic stop.
At the same time both parties' posters and slogans are determinedly bland.
I found the Shinola Canfield headphones to be flat, tinny and bland.
No one would accuse BMW's sleek i8 eco-supercar of looking bland.
Bartholomew F. Bland was appointed executive director of Lehman College Art Gallery.
They came across as bland, try-hard Grand Theft Auto rip-offs.
It's hard to get nostalgic over the bland myopia of Superman 64.
He's far too stiff and bland to carry a movie like this.
This makes broccoli look fun and whimsical instead of gross and bland.
"Bob Bland: "'I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change.
Bland was arrested by trooper Brian Encinia during a routine traffic stop.
Bland, boring, and sometimes borderline incoherent, Suicide Squad is a disappointing disaster.
The Women's March co-president, Bob Bland, said Friday that Roe v.
All in all, I found the whole thing bland in the extreme.
When it wasn't completely bland and forgettable, it was dark and disturbing.
"In the long run, though, this won't be good news," Bland said.
Why choose bland, boring white rice when you can have wild rice?
Popeyes, which has previously impressed me, had a bland and soupy mac.
The last thing she needs is to be advised to go bland.
In this case, those foods are bland, processed, and low in vitamins.
"The script is so bland it barely musters a whole ten laughs." 
Lesser in this impressive company were bland lettuce wraps and aburi tuna.
All of the images in Post share the same bland, grey backdrop.
Slippery, cool taro soup was soothingly bland, which is no put-down.
They're two of the most boring, bland people in this entire movie.
His bland, stay-the-course message mostly praises the work of Gov.
Le Sia's shrimp, in my encounters with it, was bland and powdery.
I guess I'm not against bland and boring and politics going together.
An additional injection of strength risks turning them into bland, uncomplicated superwomen.
My F.S.B. lawyer dropped by the other day, his conversation terrifyingly bland.
The Waltz of the Flowers is a bland affair for Fair Visitors.
But it has an unfortunate tendency to turn sludgy, bland or both.
Today, Black History Month includes symbols of modern resistance, like Sandra Bland.
Blumhouse's Fantasy Island Rated PG-13 for bland sex and violence stuff.
But I found the thick, gooey mozzarella to be kind of bland.
Like the buildings, the pizza in the photo looks just as bland.
At times he seemed distant and disinterested, speaking in bland technocratic assertions.
The image conveniently summed up this dance: competent, sentimental and fairly bland.
GIFs can add some much-needed fun to an otherwise bland workday.
Mainstream American English, she said, which made Becky feel bland and transparent.
Pinto sees the future currently awaiting European soccer as bland and predictable.
Bland was found dead in her cell three days after her arrest.
Bland and McAdams were "obviously devastated" by the judge's decision, she said.
She also noticed that finance was difficult and bland to learn about.
I found, however, the duets for Ms. Peck and Mr. Ramasar bland.
Ms. Bland felt strongly that it was the right thing to do.
Most actual Hallmark productions, bland as they may be, are more agreeable.
The vegetables still have some bite and are bland enough to coexist.
Wouldn't the tomato breeders have noticed their new tomato varieties tasted bland?
Bland died in early September from breast cancer after sharing her experience of living with cancer on her podcast, "You, Me and The Big C".  Less than two months after her death, Bland has won a posthumous radio award.
The family of Sandra Bland has reached a $1.9 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit filed against authorities in Texas more than a year after Bland was found hanging in a Waller County jail cell, according to CNN.
This fluctuation between bland tropes and creative risks is present throughout the show.
Richard Bland also shot 65 to stay within two shots of the lead.
"Between 1910 and 1915 was a peak time for him," Mr. Bland said.
"It looks like hell, like an inferno," Mr. Bland said of the painting.
What do you do when you're living in a bland, oddly-shaped apartment?
Bland also accuses the dealership of retaliating against him because of Pratt's firing.
Bland is seeking damages, but it's unclear how much money he is seeking.
No matter where you go, your sandwich will be the same bland meal.
It has been there since November, when I made some particularly bland rice.
But it's all a little bland, with songs that last way too long.
They have an almost spicy kick to them, but otherwise they're pretty bland.
There is something transgressively bland about this vein of blogs that I'd hit.
The names of the main organizations were bland: National Policy Institute, American Renaissance.
Making a Memoji is fun, but they all have the same bland look.
Meanwhile, in Days Gone, the end of the world is somehow incredibly bland.
All in all, the whole thing tasted quite bland and it was messy.
After months struggling to find work, Bland was ecstatic about this new position.
IN THE Blair-Cameron years politicians competed to be as bland as possible.
USC initially placed Bland on administrative leave before firing him in January 2018.
Next door, women sell their bland UN food rations for salt and soap.
In the past, antibiotics and a bland diet had quelled her recurrent diverticulitis.
Scott Bland, Holly Otterbein, Marc Caputo and Stephanie Murray contributed to this report.
Colorless, staid, in favor of open borders, bland pantsuits and the status quo.
"More people are fleeing war and persecution than ever in history," Bland said.
Ivanka Trump's scarves were recalled because they were highly flammable and criminally bland.
But you can feel, perhaps, Bland laboring toward an illumination of her own.
But in Costa Rica, queso refers almost exclusively to a bland, white cheese.
It must, at least, telegraph more than a bland awareness of their existence.
A lot of the posts were very comfortable, very corporate, very bland marketing.
Sheila and Joel Hammond are your everyday bland (if Hollywood beautiful) suburban realtors.
The dashcam video of the arrest shows things escalating between Encinia and Bland.
Deviling, of course, refers to spiciness—because fallen angels don't eat bland food.
Where were you when Sandra Bland fell, Eric Garner, the church in Charleston!
Unparalleled force that they were, One Direction repped for a very bland era.
It's bland, fatty, and somehow always moist, like the meat itself is sweating.
Yet the result is bland, trite, harmless, and — oh, those dancing horses — foolish.
But it is far more than a bland ball of hydrogen and helium.
Even the villains of Pridefest are bland copies of their real-world counterparts.
"I was terrified of being bland around all these incredible actors," Isaacs said.
Its bland official name, the Centre for Nuclear Research, belies a martial purpose.
But those bland photos beyond the cover are a bit of a letdown.
Still, the bland ritual of the State of the Union served its purpose.
"Jerry had an issue, clean government, which seemed kind of bland," Quinn said.
The State Department on Monday issued a bland statement on developments in Kashmir.
These were so mushy and bland that it hurt my veggie-loving soul.
As administrator, Pruitt has become adept at presenting his views with bland jargon.
"People like Michael Brown, Sandra Bland and my father Eric Garner," Garner continues.
His wife, Kate Middleton, now the Duchess of Cambridge, is poised but bland.
The noodles were a perfect receptacle for sauce, but bland on their own.
Gone are the days of bland American staples like meatloaf and tuna casserole.
Most admissions essays were mind-numbingly bland and read like a shopping list.
This article originally appeared on VICE UK. Vegan food used to be bland.
Ms. Bland had been visiting family in the Chicago suburb of Naperville, Ill.
They manage somehow to be both bland and overpowering with their imposing personality.
It offers a slice for everyone but the flavor is bland and insubstantial.
This plot point recalls a recent, real event—the death of Sandra Bland.
Today's New Country Woman takes the Great Bland American Mainstream as her theme.
But he often complains to me privately that her vegan dishes are bland.
Bland was black; the officer who pulled her over, Brian Encinia, was white.
BOB BLAND, NEW YORK The writer is co-president of the Women's March.
They are messy, crowded with bland merchandise, and lack any energy or inspiration.
But there are so many ways chicken can be bland, boring, or disappointing.
Their presence seems to saturate these bland locations with an eerie, foreign beauty.
Overall, I found the dip to be bland and too thick in consistency.
It includes the mothers of Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Sandra Bland and others.
The other three arrested were former Auburn assistant Chuck Person, Richardson and Bland.
Even those whose brand was bland were moved to remark on Gap's hegemony.
The year before that, it was Jeff Hornacek, the amiably bland new coach.
Three separate likenesses of Donald Trump are bland, soft, but perhaps understandably so.
I wrote that I was angry that it happened — something generic and bland.
Michael Bennet has no problem being the "bland white guy" in the room.
The name is bland, inherited from the previous tenant, a Chinese takeout shop.
Much like having a cold, our senses are dulled, rendering food bland-tasting.
The chicken was just bad — over-salted yet bland, and definitely not fresh.
Bland ends her message with a dig at the judge and a hashtag.
A life without pain would be bland, it would be tasteless and uneventful.
"I guess it just kind of comes out," Bland say of their music.
I mean, by comparison, someone like Sam Smith is so bland and boring.
How is it good to be an out LGBT person making bland music?
The sister of Sandra Bland, who died in police custody in 2015 after an arrest during a traffic stop, told CNN Tuesday that Bland is "speaking for herself even beyond her grave" after new footage of her arrest was revealed.
" In the new HBO Original Documentary, Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland, which premiered on Monday, audiences are re-introduced to Sandra Bland in her own voice, using archival video from her personal activist project "Sandy Speaks.
Despite the immense boost from out-of-state donors, which helped make this the most expensive House race in history, Ossoff suffered from a bland image and a bland message — a symptom of the larger disarray within the Democratic Party.
Why does a more sex-positive attitude have to mean bland soft-core porn?
Both the strength and weakness of Love, Simon lie in how bland it is.
Certainly not Rubio, who went back to his default of bland, formless and derivative.
If it was dry, or soggy, or bland, the entire thing would fall flat.
And Geneva Reed, mother of Sandra Bland, who died in police custody in Texas.
Bland was found dead in her cell with a trash bag around her neck.
Reverse that equation and you'll end up with a bland show that withers onscreen.
The result was overly charred, somewhat dry, and according to my coworkers, bland chicken.
Noah is the 3-year-old child of Joshua McAdams and Taylor Bland-Ball.
Sandra Bland filmed her own traffic stop and the video had just been released.
In 2017, Texas enacted the Sandra Bland Act, named for a woman who died.
Because, at the end of the day, I could be the next Sandra Bland.
Freddie Gray and Sandra Bland had recently died following controversial encounters with the police.
"I think people just got sick and tired of this bland diet," Engs says.
One way to avoid this bland fate is to share at least directional results.
The crackers contained no sugar and were boring, bland, and just all-around bleh.
But once again he's being slotted into the most bland, mainstream action nostalgia conventions.
Not long after, Bland pulled over for supposedly failing to signal a lane change.
Three days later, on July 13, Bland was found dead in her jail cell.
An Android app called Siempo gives you a white background with bland-looking icons.
Lawmakers are officially discussing a bland statement saying they have debated May's next steps.
It looks like they have a few delightfully bland veggie and brown rice options.
Back in July 2015, Brian Encinia pulled Bland over for a routine traffic stop.
The characters are all painfully sincere — but they're also generic, bland, and barely developed.
Anyone who's attended an English secondary school will find the bland brickwork instantly familiar.
The EU diplomatic service is housed in a bland, modern office block in Brussels.
This is why seltzer is often flavored; otherwise, it would taste kind of bland.
Her doctor put her on a "bland diet," cutting out dairy, gluten, and soy.
Encinia wrote he removed Bland from the car to conduct a safer traffic investigation.
" Encinia wrote that Bland was placed under arrest "for Assault on a Public Servant.
Some of the names included: Eric Garner, Freddie Gray, Sandra Bland and Michael Brown.
"These are foods that tend to be easily digested; they're bland foods," she says.
"We're all part of the movement, we're all part of the resistance," Bland said.
This is due to a combination of gang- and drug-related violence, Bland said.
I'm talking Oscar Grant, Sandra Bland, Mike Brown, Tamir Rice, Eric Garner, Freddie Gray.
We humans are all bland faces blending into a sea of even blander faces.
Done poorly, the final version could be bland; done well, it could be timeless.
Sandra Bland is far from the only woman to have died in police custody.
I didn't taste the turkey, but a turkey is a pretty bland bird anyway.
A grand jury returned an indictment against Little, according to Bland, on July 16.
The seafood chowder was a bland vegetable minestrone with a few chunks of salmon.
"There are a lot of products where people don't have any choice," Bland said.
I made the herbed yogurt soup, which looked as if it might be bland.
Essentially lobster salad wrapped inside Boston lettuce, they came across as bland and uninspired.
Bland was arrested after a traffic stop in 85033 and later died in jail.
However, even though this skillet looked delicious, it somehow managed to be unbelievably bland.
Instead, at the performance Friday, conducted by John DeMain, it felt sluggish and bland.
The Italian sausage was large but bland, and the whole pizza tasted generally undercooked.
Despite the shiny gold hue, Mississippi's Gold Strike Casino Resort in Robinsonville is bland.
They were bland, somewhat stale, and definitely didn't measure up to restaurant-style chips.
Veggies reveal bland broth because they only taste good when dipped in good broth.
But the rest of The Last Jedi is bland mélange of explosions and disappointment.
Buffalo fillet was served with a nondescript sauce and bland, lumpy gluten-free gnocchi.
Although its bland pronouncements feel like they need to be spiced up with emergency!
"Life, Love & Hope" by Boston from 2013 is said to sound bland and unoriginal.
She's actually incredibly lucky that when her husband comes back, he's nice and bland.
The elegance I have down, I think, but I don't want bland and boring.
Mattis's comments on the Jordan video were not just a bland call for unity.
Mr. Mitisek's simple, bland production — movable door frames and projected tabloid headlines — doesn't help.
"Bland said repeatedly that she did not do anything wrong," Ms. Magnus told Rangers.
Bland recently secured a job with her alma mater Prairie View A&M University.
In many respects, however, the repertoire has remained the same — somewhat bland and soft.
Sending a message is usually a good way to create a bland, boring mess.
JD: Well, you could go through life being bland and trying to avoid controversy.
Their Prince Siegfrieds, also making debuts, were competent, gallant, bland and less than believable.
Looking at the finished product, you might worry it could be bland or dry.
I gave the sausage biscuit and hamburger low marks because they were so bland.
While much of the leaflet's tone is reassuringly bland, the underlying message is unmistakable.
For the uninitiated, chipotles in adobo are a world away from bland, canned jalapeños.
Wirecutter has recommendations for gift baskets that go beyond bland fruit-and-nut assortments.
Gibson is a bland everyman, beige and placeless in that bluff Johnny Carson manner.
It doesn't matter, the styling is too bland to bring about any brand loyalties.
This week on the Nerdcast with host Scott Bland: It's debate night in America!
Though it has been thoroughly Kondo-d, the apartment's décor is far from bland.
It is a far cry from the bland Superman most know him Cavill from.
Michael Bennet doesn't mind being the bland white guy in the Democratic presidential field.
The Padres might be as bland and uninspired as their navy-and-white uniforms.
The Buttermilk was just kind of there and the chicken, while juicy, was bland.
That core is bland and inoffensive, doing just enough to feel like Mario Kart.
It was resoundingly bland: watery beans, limp lettuce, and soggy tomato over plain rice.
Historically, the various meat substitutes were reliably meh — tempeh; seitan; bland, grainy veggie burgers.
This didn't happen, and I found the gnocchi to be generally bland and underwhelming.
And the use of the phrase "seemingly bland" likewise did not merit a correction.
It is quite a tasty combination, but some versions are somewhat underwhelming or bland.
I would argue that it was never bland, but it was certainly more broad.
Bland-Ball and McAdams say their son suffered severe side-effects from chemotherapy — but doctors said the treatment was necessaryHillsborough County circuit court judge Thomas Palermo remained unconvinced that Bland-Ball and McAdams would commit to bringing their son for chemo treatments.
The entire escalation could have been avoided if the police officer had just let Sandra Bland keep her cigarette As I wrote after the video was released, the entire escalation could have been avoided if Encinia had just let Bland keep her cigarette.
The sister of Sandra Bland, a black woman whose death in a Texas jail cell sparked national protests, says that a recently released video that Bland took is further proof that black men, women, and children are seen as threats by police.
We're listening to bland mass market tripe auto-selected by algorithms forcing tastes to converge.
Noah was located at his grandmother's house and officers spoke with Bland on the phone.
Being sober felt bland, and moreover it allowed me no exciting distraction from, well, everything.
A female officer tells Bland she should have thought about that before she started resisting.
It may seem bland, but the festival's pleasing, no-frills atmosphere is actually really important.
She also seems to like that he's not necessarily as bland as one would assume.
In America big, bland bookstores are struggling, but the number of independent booksellers has climbed.
State Trooper Brian Encinia then pulls out a stun gun and points it at Bland.
Neff said McAdams and Bland-Ball have been mischaracterized by the police and the state.
Adult review: The butternut squash was a little bland, needing salt, but you'd expect that.
It's often a bland and tedious game to play, mercifully punctuated by endearing narrative moments.
Visually, The Rook is as bland as Myfanwy's wardrobe, which ranges from beige to gray.
American publishing today milks a reliably profitable herd of authors for bland, high-fat novels.
The performances were stale, and the winners kept it pretty bland with their acceptance speeches.
While in the county jail, Bland shared her recent mental health struggles with a guard.
It cost a staggering $330,000 to make, and according to reviews, it was rather bland.
Are their bland photo ops purely a smokescreen for the White House's more insidious actions?
That was because its governor's race (won by Phil Murphy, a bland Democrat) was uncompetitive.
Over the years, it has come to describe anything that is bland, unchallenging and ordinary.
For lunch and dinner, I riced some cauliflower — which was bland, I have to admit.
Instead of innovation, though, what we're seeing now is a plethora of bland Surface clones.
Say Her Name: The Life & Death Of Sandra Bland premieres on HBO at 10 p.m.
On July 10, 2015, Sandra Bland was arrested for a minor traffic violation in Texas.
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"The problem has really been the pressure on Hong Kong's freedoms and autonomy," said Bland.
So I phoned author Philip Bland, a planetary scientist at Curtin University in Perth, Australia.
It's tough, it's comparatively bland, and people look at you funny when you order it.
If those companies are like Soylent for fashion—nutritious, but bland—Rothy's is something else.
" The resulting set of recommendations had a bland and euphemistic title: "Growth and Opportunity Project.
The only problem with shrimp cocktail is that TBH, it can be a little bland.
And in the backstory, we see how bland niceties are used to cloak raw politics.
But in broad national strokes, midcentury American politics trended to the bland, consensual, and technocratic.
Phone hardware may have become "boring," but that doesn't mean software has to be bland.
EDT: Ana Marie Cox and Tracy Sefl chat with Bob Bland on the Sidewire app.
I watched as my daughter, Sandra Bland, was lowered into the ground in a coffin.
The Democratic National Convention late Tuesday featured the mothers of Sandra Bland and Trayvon Martin.
Just because you're going sugar-free doesn't mean your meals need to be totally bland.
The backing in a nice aesthetic addition to what might otherwise be a bland handset.
When the Google Pixel, the first Daydream phone, came out, reviewers dinged its bland design.
Mainly it highlights the Japanese public's profound disenchantment with today's careful politics and bland politicians.
Stephen Bland was questioned for about an hour by investigators Friday night, his grandmother said.
She began giving him bland responses, talking in diplospeak and giving him one-word answers.
Bland and Jealous go way back: He spent his summers in Baltimore with his grandparents.
I was reminded of something Jealous's cousin Rachelle Bland had told me at Baltimore Blossoms.
Honestly, my thesis seemed so self-evident that I'd worried the speech would be bland.
I find the rice is rather bland (adhering to those federal salt rules, no doubt). 
She found the 1957 Kingsview Homes complex in Fort Greene to be sterile and bland.
They are bland in style and occasionally awkward to navigate, and the language is stilted.
They ranged from barely blushing to petal pink, and from bland to floral and fruity.
The accompanying chicory salad was under-dressed, however, and the dish ended up seeming bland.
He has succeeded in one respect: bringing about personality to Tokyo's otherwise bland, lackluster leadership.
Diners accustomed to East and West Coast oysters often find Gulf oysters unwieldy and bland.
Food would be limited, utilitarian, and bland; alcohol, a rare treat, if available at all.
Flavours she once savoured are now unbearable – she needs bland foods in order to swallow.
Against this bland backdrop, the mechanics of the attention economy stand out with unnerving clarity.
This easy dinnertime staple can often seem bland, unimpressive, and just plain boring to make.
You cannot say, as Mike Trout is bland to the point of being completely unreadable.
Soon, Bland joined with other activists to consolidate their Facebook pages and unite their efforts.
You can tell when someone isn't getting enough fatty acids because their blood is bland.
The chicken was bland, the tortilla chips slightly stale, and the salad mix was lackluster.
Classes will be led by Mr. Battle, Stefanie Batten Bland and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar.
But when I asked some friends the other day, they described bland chicken salad sandwiches.
Host Scott Bland is joined by reporters Zach Montellaro, Nancy Cook and editor Ben Weyl.
Often, the most bland, irrelevant, and untrue statements are those that are on the record.
That series corrected afterward and went in a fairly bland and manageable and accessible direction.
But for many other women and men that life is as bland as raw kale.
The flavor is bland, suitable to reheat and toss with sauces you'd use for pasta.
It's easy to become a drone in the bland world we're forced to exist in.
A good appetite Crunchy, pungent and herbal, this stir-fry is fast but never bland.
He singled out Scott McClellan, his bland and robotic press secretary, for a special tribute.
What exactly was the fixation with seeing Mr. Obama, in a bland, cramped waiting room?
She is purposely bland, a blank slate in a neat headband and dutifully clasped hands.
Nitesh Tiwari's follow-up to "Dangal" has a sweetly bland message and not much fizz.
My Apple data came packed inside dozens of spreadsheets, and honestly, it's all pretty bland.
Bob Bland, fashion designer in New York, co-chairwoman of the Women's March on Washington.
The New York version has been rubbery, as dark as beef bouillon, and strangely bland.
Bland, an African-American, was found dead in her cell three days after her arrest.
The perception persists of a diet that is weak, bland, and singularly unsatisfying — rabbit food.
The tofu was bland, but the coca butter was savory, like a grassy crème fraîche.
The pork filling was quite bland and the texture of the casing bordered on rubbery.
The console's top surface gets a rubberized material looking expensive to some, bland to others.
Recent moderation has been a bland porridge that defines itself by what it doesn't like.
It's cool, I wasn't out of key or nothing but it's real bland and flat.
He hears out what Matheson will say, the bland spin he will put on events.
When Bland didn't comply, Encinia opened her car door and attempted to pull her out.
It's true that Bland could have just obeyed, and the situation might not have escalated.
But smoking isn't illegal, so Bland wasn't violating any laws by smoking in her car.
Three days after her arrest, Bland was found dead in a Waller County jail cell.
Its positivity is not the bland and conflict-free marketplace jubiliance of a Coca-Cola.
And Sandra Bland made the mistake of changing lanes without signaling before ending up dead.
"Sandra Bland, It Turns Out, Filmed Traffic Stop Confrontation Herself" The article about Sandra Bland really stood out to me because it shows the racism, and brutality black people face everyday, and it talks about how corrupt the justice system is for black people.
Where I once saw a cynical guy who believed that what middle America wants is a bunch of bland, unmemorable crime procedurals, I now see a guy who thinks he can use bland, unmemorable crime procedurals to trick middle America into watching more ambitious fare.
The brand became synonymous with bland, says Paul Freedman, author of "Ten Restaurants that Changed America".
Their team is the footballing equivalent of soggy Weetabix, a sludgy morass of sticky, bland goop.
The Texas state trooper who arrested Sandra Bland after a traffic stop was charged with perjury.
According to Women's March co-president, Bob Bland, the protest came together over the past week.
Bland and McAdams said that they did not know they weren't allowed to leave the state.
Brett Bland filed the lawsuit against Jeremy Pratt and the dealership's parent company, CT Motors Inc.
In fact, Hollywood has had a Joe-esque fixation on bland Caucasian women since, well, forever.
"Don't touch me," Bland says Encinia tells her she is under arrest; she repeatedly asks why.
To Americans, we Canadians were seen as little more than the bland people who perpetually apologize.
He has been cooperating with investigators from different states and is in bad health, Bland said.
It's a piece of (ostensibly) athletic footwear that is chunky, bland and not exactly cutting-edge.
Encinia was booked and had a mug shot taken at the same facility where Bland died.
Meanwhile, DJ Skinhead put on a pretty bland, unexciting set that left many crowd members grumbling.
"It was a nice place to grow up, pretty bland," Bruce, now 81, told BuzzFeed News.
So often these soups can end up as bland variations of meat water, but not here.
It's the white toast of music: comforting, readily available, and easy to make, but mostly bland.
"I keep it kind of secret — I don't get to geek out too much," Bland said.
Bland insists that the fee rumors are false, and they have no plans to exclude anyone.
In fact, all potatoes should be used to further the satisfyingly bland crunchiness of any sandwich.
After all, a bland generic Democrat might well be the best candidate to put forward. Sen.
They have a heated back-and-forth, culminating in Encinia forcing Bland to leave the vehicle.
The few dating-app conversations on-screen are bland enough to read like first-draft placeholders.
It has produced, Dr Bland says, a big data set "of gorgeous orbits" for incoming rocks.
You know, those trays filled with bland freezer-burned peas and mushy chunks of defrosted carrots?
As we saw with Alton Sterling, Sandra Bland, Philando Castile, and Korryn Gaines, that isn't easy.
Bland is hopeful of avoiding prison time after reaching a plea deal with prosecutors last month.
Bland was arrested in September 2017 as one of four assistant coaches caught on FBI wiretaps.
Bland asserted he could steer players to advisers and managers in a recording presented in court.
And, when mixed with other things, these can add some excellent flavor to otherwise bland dishes.
On July 13, 2015, Bland was found hanging in her cell in the Waller County Jail.
" In the arrest warrant, Encinia said Bland was out of control, calling her "combative and uncooperative.
This took a little while for the DNC to issue a very fairly bland statement about.
" These days, it has become a somewhat bland and opaque description of personality: "She's really nice.
Soon, hopefully, the abject mediocrity will fade and we'll forget everything that was boring or bland.
It's not just that they're wildly inefficient, but they always stay at the same bland color.
New Ofglen kind of seems like what we first thought of Old Ofglen, so basically bland.
His stemwinder "Sugar Magnolia" tales during bland mid-January college hoop games are a fan's delight.
His exchange with Kenan Thompson's host about a white lady's bland, unseasoned potato salad is perfect.
Damon's Chinese costars have come down with the same strain of bland nobility that infects him.
If the outside is a little bland, LG at least put flagship hardware inside the V20.
Instead, it was angry and repetitive, with a frustratingly bland story starring a completely forgettable lead.
Besides the cool AF products (no bland eyeshadow quartets here), it's the minds behind the brand.
Bland said her grandson and Pagourtzis both had an interest in guns and violent video games.
Throughout that time it has had a logical, informative and slightly bland name: the Binghamton Mets.
It's a perfectly Star Wars core cast on the surface, if also a somewhat bland one.
It's not terrible, but essentially, it's a bland, tepid, barely competent knock-off of 'Shark Tank.
The eggs were watery and bland, and the amount of sausage inside the burrito was stingy.
Al-Zawahiri's bland, old-school jihadi communication style doesn't resonate with the newer generation of jihadists.
During her processing, Bland said that she had attempted suicide earlier that year, following a miscarriage.
A bland and predictable election has now turned into a possible turning point for Europe's integration.
On the other hand, that could be a good thing, said Paul Bland of Public Justice.
Editor's note: An earlier version of this story identified Paul Bland as working for Public Citizen.
Security footage of Bland in police custody was released, exacerbating the public outrage over the case.
But if 7th Heaven tried to be bland to appeal to all Christian consumers, it failed.
Why would Betty and Veronica still hold a flame for criminally bland Archie after 15 years?
Richard Neal, the powerful but bland chair of the House Ways and Means Committee, does not.
After the game, he mouthed the dutiful, bland clichés encouraged by so many dull-witted publicists.
Quentin's room certainly looks rather bland, according to Ms. Morgenlander, who lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
A pot of slightly bland but hearty cabbage and mushroom udon sat over a little flame.
His bland wholesomeness forces Tsubasa to do the emotional lifting both onscreen and in the relationship.
Both men recognize that things — however bland they might be — are imprinted by use and memory.
The future didn't look bright and musically the majority of stuff around was directionless and bland.
The shelves in convenience stores sell snacks that make their American counterparts seem timid and bland.
I've been listening to a lot of Bobby "Blue" Bland, a lot of Bobby Womack, too.
"It is very disturbing to those who have followed the case of Sandra Bland," he said.
"I'm here to change to history," Bland declared in her first recording in early January 2015.
Still, national media from the onset, abstracted Bland, readily consuming Texas official accounts at face value.
Reading this book's bland dialogue is like watching players on center court use dead tennis balls.
In 2015, a black activist named Sandra Bland was arrested in Texas during a traffic stop.
I had been paying my bills with a day job — bland, pseudo-artistic work directing cartoons.
Her mother gave her a look, and she ate the bland piece rather than waste it.
Rather than bland slogans designed not to offend, his campaign prefers red meat for the base.
"I think a lot of guys are keeping it pretty bland," he said with a smile.
For lip products, I recommend bland emollients to my patients, such as Aquaphor or CeraVe ointment.
Texts that were provocative or moving were sometimes set to music that was oblique and bland.
Because it's the only one that stands out — the standard white and silver colors look bland.
The flavor was so boring and bland, it almost made me wish it was spray cheese.
It tasted a bit bland to me without salt, and could have probably used some seasonings.
Person was arrested in Alabama; Bland in Tampa, Florida; Evans in Oklahoma; and Richardson in Arizona.
It will then formally replace Bland and Mallory, who are co-presidents of the Women's March.
Traditionally, companies faced with an activist only issue a bland statement saying they welcome shareholders' input.
It treats people as bland rational egoists and tends to produce governments run by soulless technocrats.
And bland '90s centrism is exactly what was on offer from Klobuchar at Monday's town hall.
The hands now folded in his lap were bland, beige, wrinkled in all the predictable ways.
Holland was trained in cold cases and visited Little, gaining his trust over time, Bland said.
Now in poor health, Little is in custody in California, according to Ector County DA Bland.
We ate bland food and batted a tennis ball back and forth on a public court.
Bland was looking down the track, in the opposite direction from where the train would approach.
Daniel Zimmerman's sets are alarmingly, soothingly bland, suggesting an interior decorating collaboration between Ikea and Apple.
Bob Bland, who conceptualized the event, and all of the other original organizers were white women.
Read the consent decree here (PDF) Sandra Bland, 28 Found dead on July 13, 2015, three days after a traffic stop in Waller County, Texas On July 10, 2015, Texas state trooper Brian Encinia pulled over Sandra Bland for allegedly failing to use her turn signal.
Ms. Bland spent three days in a county jail before she was found hanging in a cell.
What sounds like the most bland combination of foods actually comes together beautifully and tastes as such.
Good tracking accuracy, but its overall fitness features are very bland considering this is a Misfit smartwatch.
Just ask the families of Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray and Michael Brown about how aggressive they are.
"Basel is going to come out very soon on a proposed way forward on that," Bland said.
They turned up, they were fairly bland, and they went out to Poland at the earliest opportunity.
It's bland, it's often dry, and it takes up valuable space in the oven all day long.
A prosecutor said Encinia reported he pulled Bland out of the car to investigate the traffic violation.
But beyond Loki, it's a long cycle of crushing, bland figures with vague designs on world domination.
Because the work of freight forwarding seemed so bland, it was long ignored by the tech world.
See, most super expensive homes are staged to death by a realtor or are just fairly bland.
"People under salt their food and they think it's bland but salt brings out flavor," Burtka says.
The offerings at bookstores were bland, so she began producing training films that better educated her students.
"It was just the beginning of a learning process we all had to go through," Bland said.
If so, a bland budget filled with uncertainty was the best that Britain could have hoped for.
If the byword of platforms like Facebook is "stickiness," Mr. Zuckerberg's prepared, bland affect achieved the opposite.
We first began to notice her activism last year, after the death of Sandra Bland in Texas.
It's a bland-looking watch, with a non-removable rubber strap and a choice of three colors.
The version of that conflict in the film version of The Circle is bland, neutered, and cartoony.
When will organizations stop spending millions on rebranding campaigns that swap images for bland, all-text fonts?
Other doughs have a more complex flavor, but the one at Pizza Moto is far from bland.
Beginning in January 2015, Bland began uploading candid, funny, intimate videos to the YouTube channel Sandy Speaks.
Say Her Name is an essential addition to the movement, and an affecting tribute to Bland herself.
Rachael Bland touched many people's lives through her work as a presenter on BBC Radio 5 Live.
How she secretly appreciates the bland predictability of small-town America's big-box stores and chain restaurants.
A BRISK AUTUMN Sunday morning in Richmond Hill, a scruffy, bland neighbourhood deep in south-central Queens.
The current front-runner is Laurentino Cortizo, the sensible but bland nominee of the Democratic Revolutionary Party.
Duo looks a bit bland, though, since it can't do group calling, video effects or text chat.
We agree the lentil salad is a bit boring and bland, but it'll make acceptable lunch leftovers.
That's the story of Sandra Bland that needs to be told alongside the narrative about her death.
They dance amid graffiti and broken glass, treeless streets and rows of bland buildings in the background.
These tales were sprinkled onto my own childhood memories, like seasoning on a bland plate of food.
Bland was involved in activism and spoke out about racial issues in videos on her Facebook page.
The jovial young Dutchman had apparently gathered that 'shitloads' was a colourful synonym for the bland 'lots'.
So tonight Rubio went back to giving bland, optimistic speeches and largely ignoring his more popular rival.
And they were bored by it all; they saw government as a set of clueless, bland bureaucracies.
She is always extra, and now Tiffany Haddish is adding a little extra flavor to bland food.
Apparently, the bland thoughts of a talking cyborg were enough to get a reprimand from the wife.
By the end of the first year, "we'd have a very bland and boring diet," Dykes predicts.
The poem was a tribute to Bland and her efforts to normalise talking about cancer and death.
Someone with such a consistently mediocre Twitter presence and bland political persona typically doesn't produce good content.
His male characters are as bland and indistinct as the khakis that undoubtedly hang in their closets.
The meat is bland but very tender and has a slightly gamey taste, similar to wild boar.
Miller is also a decent comedic actor, though maybe a little too bland for the Wonka role.
Its avatars have the same bland, glossy prettiness of Second Life residents, but they're far more detailed.
Growing up, I never understood why people always complained about their Thanksgiving turkeys being dry and bland.
I braved the disco fries, but found that the gravy was bland and the cheese sauce grainy.
But they spent most of their time in the bland Suite 850 of the Hotel Texas, asleep.
ESPN picked Brad Nessler, best known for his bland college football and basketball work, but he flopped.
But Magnus instills this bland domestic setting with multiple allusions to the composer's avant-garde serial technique.
The possibilities seem nearly endless, and that means no more bland, boring staples for every weekday meal.
Yet wherever you sit, the food is the same — family-friendly and competently prepared, though relatively bland.
Brian Bland was laid to rest on a hill overlooking an oil refinery and a Pizza Hut.
The location was purposeful—Bland is Jealous's second cousin—but not just because of the family connection.
In December, Ms. Reed-Veal, the mother of Ms. Bland, received a Christmas card in the mail.
Both men are reassuringly bland, an appealing contrast to Republicans in the age of Trump and Moore.
It wasn't quite hot when I got it, and the fries were a bit bland and mushy.
Their texture was much better than that of Outback's broccoli, but they were just as offensively bland.
His guests know that culture isn't just a bland mission statement posted in the office reception area.
"Or maybe an artist suddenly does something interesting that you want to develop further," Mr. Bland said.
This broth wasn't bland, but after eating the veggies, I knew it wasn't the best I'd had.
Although they're nice and crispy on the outside, the chicken is dry, bland, and tastes pretty processed.
Texas Roadhouse's broccoli were the least bland of the bunch, probably because they were soaked in butter.
It's Green Day's version of "Hash Pipe," going for something badass but ending up bland and awkward.
But it's just bland, pointless, and boring — like too much of what's going on with the Saviors.
Florence Hazel Davis Bland featured an interactive website that explored a woman's life through her book collection.
The document details how Russian cyber-warriors posed under false online personas with bland-sounding American names.
Is there a divide between that bland public image people receive and the person he really is?
I drink black coffee, meaning a bland brew can't hide under a ton of sugar and cream.
Not at all the kind to fall for a bland, run-of-the-mill guy like me.
He never does anything except offer bland reassurances, and maybe a little compassion when things go wrong.
This admirer — and practitioner — of magic and illusion in art pleads for bland, mediocre reality in politics.
Both were bland, underdeveloped films that could have benefited from a rougher edge and a tougher sensibility.
" They may start with something bland, he said, like, " 'Isn't this the greatest country in the world?
At one point, according to the Rangers' report, Ms. Bland asked if anyone had telephoned for her.
Doing the choreographic honors are Stefanie Batten Bland, Gemma Bond, Ma Cong, Claudia Schreier and Ethan Stiefel.
The paint-by-numbers craze was to them symbolic of the conformity of the bland Eisenhower era.
"They're not bland, but they're basic," Mr. Nardicio said, referring to both the bars and its owners.
He burst my bubble promptly — "bland" was a descriptor — but regardless, I felt this one had promise.
He also tried to be as bland as possible in his daily meetings with the news media.
It's a sidekick — a bland robot with a weak personality to get things done for your master.
But Zelensky didn't deliver: He made a bland announcement about battling corruption in general, according to Parnas.
We're talking about a society that uses the language of dissent to sell this really bland lifestyle.
In a statement, Ms. Sarsour, Ms. Mallory and Ms. Bland expressed pride in what they had accomplished.
The 2015 death of Ms. Bland, 28, was a critical moment in the Black Lives Matter movement.
It looks a touch bland to me, but at least it's different than most comedies right now.
Public reactions to the design are mixed — some calling it sublime, others referring to it as bland.
But in the long term, it further laid the groundwork for a nation of bland beer drinkers.
It doesn't change, it's relatively bland and it doesn't have all of these variations or changing clouds.
Bland was found dead in her cell three days later with a trash bag around her neck.
The Jerusalem Post reported Bland later apologized and the post has been deleted from her Facebook page.
The arrest came to national prominence when Bland was found dead in her cell three days later.
Officials say Bland hung herself with a plastic bag that lined the trash can in her cell.
Bland, in a message posted Tuesday to the social media platform, asks Palermo a series of questions.
These innovations have ranged from bland attempts at "healthy" food to wacky concoctions that failed to resonate.
They recall a sports junkie with finicky tastes for bland food and almost no appetite for politics.
The French car is built for comfort and so is, as Leno points out, a little bland.
Though Riyadh felt bland and confused, the area around Riyadh was far more interesting — if less polished.
So they came up with food for Indian tastes, because the Indians refused to eat bland food.
Missionary will be a little less bland when you feel your G-spot or P-spot being hit.
Verdict: This is worse than vandalism, it's vandalism to make the streets more bland — let's call it "blandalism."
But season two has also revealed just how bland and boring so many of the characters' lives are.
By the time that video starts, an officer is using his knee to hold Bland on the ground.
Ector County District Attorney Bobby Bland said investigators have confirmed Little is connected to deaths in 14 states.
For many, the biggest fear when roasting a turkey is that it's going to be bland and dry.
Triplefins sit relatively motionless most of the time while looking around at their exceptionally bland, monotone marine environment.
Mallory didn't fully condemn Farrakhan when she appeared on The View with co-president Bob Bland on Jan.
Against Martin's instructions, she plunders her sister's jewels and turns a bland ceremony into a lively cocktail party.
Previously released footage recorded from the trooper's dashcam shows that Bland had refused to put out a cigarette.
Phil Bland, a planetary geologist at Western Australia's Curtin University, found the ancient meteorite on New Year's Eve.
AMINU TAMBUWAL, a state governor normally too bland to attract much attention, is running for president of Nigeria.
She's missing Chic (Hart Denton), and her husband is more bland than a vanilla milkshake at Pop's diner.
Cinderella made the title character more bland and passive, ramping up the villain's personality at everyone else's expense.
Women's March leaders, from left to right: Bland, Mallory, Sarsour, and Perez at BET's Social Awards on Feb.
Like her Sandra Bland tweets, Kardashian didn't shy away from using multiple exclamation points to emphasize her outrage.
Finn Jones plays Rand with a sort of bland idiocy that tries to pass itself off as naiveté.
They would also mask the bland courtyard facade, which was never intended to be seen by the public.
On Tuesday, Bland-Ball talked about Noah's mental health and said he's been tremendously affected by the experience.
But NBA Jam was preceded by a couple of bland "action basketball" games that established the basic concept.
Mr. Elliott gamely fields every one, moving around the clauses, to relay the same bland recitation of facts.
Clinton stressed her history of working for equal rights, appearing in Chicago with the mother of Sandra Bland.
They may also offer bland reassurances about not wanting to keep Britain in the backstop against its will.
Though she referred to conversations she's had with "Zionists," Bland did not address the concerns of anti-Semitism.
Originally, the Sandra Bland Act sought to enact drastic changes to improve police accountability and fight racial profiling.
Julia Bland combines weaving with paint to make works that don't quite fit comfortably in a single category.
But the chat app had no on-screen keyboard — just a list of bland pre-canned auto-replies.
Whether you find this rhetoric soaring or eye-rollingly bland depends on your level of cynicism about politics.
But it seemed that oatmeal porridge could never be perceived as anything but bland, no matter its accouterments.
The private sector should defend Mr Velásquez, rather than merely issue bland endorsements of the fight against corruption.
M. each night in the Great Room, but don't expect bland bar snacks and pour-it-yourself wine.
To Bland, the mystery of Ceres' missing craters underscores the importance of designing missions to visit multiple targets.
Despite Hugh Jackman's elephantine presence (he also produced the movie), it's been described as bland, pandering, and opportunistic.
In contrast, the recent reboot of "Will & Grace" highlighted how bland television depictions of queer life can be.
However, the last few seasons have seemed rather bland by comparison and that has likely weakened consumer interest.
Thanks to their efforts to tell the real story of Bland, they've helped make her a household name.
"We think content is just a dry, bland, over-leveraged, oversaturated space," said founder and CEO Simon Berg.
The shoes worn by the cultists were part of a bland budget line produced by Nike called Decades.
Clinton the confidence to play a little — or, conversely, convince her that bland is the way to go.
Instead of going for something that feels glossy and fancy, the Switch is kind of chunky and bland.
Ms. Bland was stopped for not using a turn signal, and was arrested after the encounter grew confrontational.
Bland rather than about blandness, the album nonetheless charms in its feel-good calm and its textural array.
Likewise, they didn't make a peep last year about Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland, or Eric Garner.
Perhaps the real culprit is American cheese itself, for being so darn bland and full of weird chemicals.
At first glance, this all may seem rather bland, but there's a real need for projects like this.
That's also why the prequels were so bad, from my perspective — their characters ranged from bland to obnoxious.
"The thing I enjoy about planetary science is how much is still up for grabs," Bland told me.
And her foremost concern is not to be treated as some fanciful bauble to delight a bland executive.
In a rather bland statement, the company said:Our goal is to better understand all aspects of human performance.
The arresting officer called Bland "combative and uncooperative" in the arrest warrant, but was later indicted for perjury.
The building where the Department of Homeland Security tracks every cyber attack against the US is surprisingly bland.
"Even though you have a video/ It may not save you," he wrote in the corrido for Bland.
Their policies are so bland, indeed, that they rely heavily on their youth to manufacture enthusiasm among voters.
If the main event was a perfectly fine, slightly bland closer to the night, the undercard was spectacular.
Peter Bland is an Australian businessman who was almost the first person to cross the Antarctic Peninsula unsupported.
I gulp down a spoonful of woefully bland porridge and think for a moment about how to reply.
It is the bland tube pasta to the zesty tomato sauce and crunchy gooey baked cheese on top.
There will be no fire and brimstone from Merkel: she will run a calm -- maybe even bland -- campaign.
It's a Romanesque castle among otherwise bland Midwestern architecture, capped with soaring arches and a grand clock tower.
Most refugees survive on one bland meal a day, seasoning their food with whatever spices they can find.
But they are doing that more often, which means he becomes more mainstream — and she becomes more bland.
Giving a bland or pre-written answer won't get the hiring manger excited about you as a candidate.
A salad of Boston lettuce with hazelnuts was overdressed, and a rectangular zucchini pizza was bland and sodden.
All these two bland vice-presidential candidates will ensure is that the election will be all about Mrs.
But with two relatively bland candidates and a hyper-partisan national environment, Gillespie's campaign against Democratic Lt. Gov.
Outback's salad overcompensated for its bland vegetable base with a Tonka-truck-load of shredded cheese and croutons.
But only the staunchly bland sides — daunting mounds of rice, couscous and truncated strands of vermicelli — need adjusting.
My guests were even more dubious about pancit canton, a Filipino lo mein that can be reassuringly bland.
Sarsour, Mallory, Bland, and Perez issued a statement from the Women's March Facebook page shortly after Shook's post.
I tell Jazzy and Harry my family calls anything without spices "phikka" (bland) and they laugh in recognition.
Democrat Angie Craig was a bland health care exec who didn't run on much other than opposing Trump.
The result is a bland heist movie in space that does nothing unexpected and never justifies its existence.
Bob Bland, a fashion entrepreneur in Brooklyn, New York had a similar idea about a pro-women march.
It was a sumptuous goal on a largely bland evening, but it was the opening that was needed.
There were a couple of missteps, like a bland fettuccine Amatriciana and some overbreaded eggplant in the rollatini.
Mr. Hollande's bland public persona gives no hint of the sly and sharp-edged politician the book reveals.
And it does so against the most perfect possible backdrop of bland suburban hell: the San Fernando Valley.
The first "Murphy Brown" had the late 20th century concern that TV news was mushing into bland infotainment.
But personality can't explain the struggles of Chancellor Merkel, who is as bland as Mr. Trump is controversial.
Pop sociology thus marshaled and colored by plenty of real-life examples, he makes his return to Bland.
The flat land, though cultivated and presumably fertile, feels as bare and bland as a tract-house town.
The newly released video returns the public spotlight to the roadside confrontation between Ms. Bland and Mr. Encinia.
The farmed lives in a pen, like a battery cage chicken, so its flesh is bland and flabby.
Bonnie and her world — with its sniffles, scrupulous verisimilitude and psychological shallows — are too bland to be interesting.
But no, we need to see her fail to hang herself and remind the audience of Sandra Bland.
Another jailer, Randy Tomczak, said he offered Ms. Bland breakfast, but she declined to take the food tray.
Nor would a stereotype in a secondary story matter if the main one were compelling instead of bland.
Ordinarily, the sign displays the name of the tunnel in bland letters on an ordinary slab of concrete.
The same habit of reverence that doomed his artwork to bland imitation served him well as a biographer.
Relative perceptual certainty — in this case, of bland, bulky furniture — evanesces into an aura of doubt and unknowability.
Nondescript cheese, bland mushrooms and a pointless egg dragged down a pizza with a very good, light crust.
Plus, Scott Bland and Laura Barrón-López on where things stand after the biggest night of the primary.
It wasn't unpleasant, but I'll tell you why it wasn't one of my favorites: it was relatively bland.
He has also pioneered a ubiquitous brand of bland modernism that features sleek finishes and complex, blocky forms.
Like her mentor and predecessor as chancellor, Helmut Kohl, Ms. Merkel is rather bland in speech and demeanor.
At the same time, possibly because of the soft-drink-company sponsorship, "Uncle Drew" has a bland undertaste.
They have to keep everybody together for the same meals, which means you're going to be eating bland.
These shrimp have typically been frozen and refrozen several times over, which can make them mushy and bland.
The query came from Sheila Kouakou-Bland, a neighborhood resident who was visiting family at the Astoria Houses.
On the other hand, the spinach dip from Marzetti was too thick and tasted incredibly bland to me.
Without any initial browning, the pale, bland, half-crunchy, half-tender broccoli or green beans will shock you.
Aside from a handful of exciting moments, like the introduction of lightsabers, the new chapter was mostly bland.
And the aggressively bland title is the kind you choose only if all other titles have been taken.
These critics miss a comparative look at the radical side of Roberts' seemingly bland proposal for more education.
Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Laquan McDonald, Sandra Bland, and Sean Bell all seemed like threats to the police.
From the outside, the Yoga 21G looks fairly bland, barely distinguishable from any of Lenovo's other midrange laptops.
I really want to read more historical fiction this year, but I find some of it so bland.
The result is an addicting, bland, and revealing reality TV show that breaks from the genre&aposs norms. 
He shed the neon-orange ones that matched his equally blinding orange sneakers and went for bland white.
Practically every burrito that included beans in its tortilla folds was overpowered by the distinct yet bland flavor.
The two-tiered dashboard is a different approach, looking unique in a segment that often comes up bland.
By autumn, Sarsour, Mallory and Bland had left the group's leadership, passing it to a new, larger board.
For her part, Wong was arrested Monday along with Women's March co-founders Linda Sarsour and Bob Bland.
If you achieve to do something that's not cheesy or bland, it can easily sound full of pathos.
The building where the Department of Homeland Security tracks every cyber attack against the U.S. is surprisingly bland.
"I am playing well today," he said when it was over, assessing the match with a bland understatement.
Salazar's performance, alas, is consistently bland, but then she was drawn and directed that way, like Jessica Rabbit.
But for young women with dreams of working in the White House, there's nothing bland about Mastromonaco's story.
A similar ploy got me nowhere with One Direction, their albums so bland I quickly forgot they existed.
Coach Tony Bland was arrested ... and the Trojans have hired an ex-FBI director to lead the charge.
That hasn't yet completely overrun the nominations process, but it sure seems to be turning out bland winners.
Scenes would often feature bland, affectless work from performers who seemed as if they'd rather be anywhere else.
I think of Mashable, generally, pre-Jessica, Mashable had a more bland, generally enthusiastic attitude about the internet.
The myth goes that in the years after the Bolshevik revolution, bland socialist realism stomped on the avant-garde.
Over the course of the campaign, Ms Hyde-Smith has morphed from bland seat-filler into something more noxious.
But the pad Thai noodles with chicken was bland and completely unsatisfying, and introduced a string of lackluster entrees.
Frozen pizza is always better than any homemade nonsense your friend made with bland homemade dough and their imagination.
But the good news is that we've finally uncovered the source—the bland boy band of vegetables, romaine lettuce.
"Intersectional feminism is the future of feminism and of this movement," Women's March co-chair Bob Bland told Green.
The county's autopsy report concluded that Bland hung herself with a white trash bag, tied with a slip knot.
World leaders with their bland communiques carefully crafted by time-serving bureaucrats who think they really run the show. ?
The Roy Hodgson era was a prolonged glorification of averageness, a paean to being bland, conventional and quietly mundane.
Microsoft threw away decades of colorful history with its Windows 10 logo and replaced it with something deeply bland.
Despite the bland appearance, people have found ways to dress up their fiber rectangles so they look Insta-worthy.
Politics in music can lend itself to bland, sweeping generalizations — think the type of songs that become campaign anthems.
Unfortunately, The Addams Family is so bland, unfunny, and poorly structured that even the best intentions can't elevate it.
A video released by Texas officials confirms accounts of a physical confrontation between Ms. Bland and a state trooper.
I get a rice-noodle-and-vegetable dish, but it's super bland so I only eat a bit ($11).
And you want to dunk them in the sauce, I promise, because without it, the cheese is very bland.
But her family insists that Bland did not take her own life, and are demanding an independent federal investigation.
The Golden Circle is similarly bemused about romance, which makes Eggsy and Tilde's interactions almost offensively bland and stereotypical.
I tried eating the next few days, small bland foods, things that I thought wouldn't trigger my growing nausea.
Quinoa is usually bland, but cooking it in the slow cooker is the perfect opportunity to spice it up.
If Bland did indeed take her own life, perhaps her death could have been avoided, had protocol been followed.

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