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old story
noun as in cliché
noun as in platitude
Strong matches
Example Sentences
“There’s a comfort in sharing what we know. You want to be a part of a moment. Fire is an old story. Fire in California is a very old story.”
Following that disappointment, they responded well by thrashing South Africa away from home in all three formats in November and December, but once the pressure was applied in a must-win situation in the heat of an Ashes cauldron, it was the same old story.
“I am not a heroine of some old story. I cannot hold the knife,” she says meekly.
The old story, true or not, right or not, is too dear to too many people.
And it looked like the same old story early on for the Yankees, whose batters had previously struggled with runners in scoring positions.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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