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Podcasters here were a dime a dozen.

I wouldn’t insult it by calling it “gritty” or a thriller — those come a dime a dozen these days — but there is some grit, and many thrills; more than one calamitous encounter feels like a potential climax until you check and see it’s only the third or fourth or fifth episode — out of eight — which does get a little exhausting; I wouldn’t suggest bingeing, yet it’s hard to step off that express.

The study titled “High-paying jobs? They’re a dime a dozen,” which was done by ADP, a leading management company that provides payroll and other services, concluded that “a substantial number of professionals found in every major metro” earn more than half a million dollars annually.

Movies about middle-aged women seeking a new lease on life are a dime a dozen, but it’s rare to find one as gloriously strange, tender and erotic as “Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry,” from Georgian director Elene Naveriani.

Coming-of-age dramas may be a dime a dozen at Sundance, but one this tender and truthful can make an entire subgenre feel shimmeringly new.