old school
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“Widow’s Bay,” leaning into comedy, goes old school, conjuring familiar spectres that knowingly nod to “Jaws,” “Psycho,” the canonical works of King and John Carpenter, and other touchstones of cultural anxiety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
After years of feeling like an oddball, Dean was pleased to be surrounded by kindred spirits: “All the people were the weird kids in their old school, right?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Amaineh Nademi walks carefully through what is left of her old school.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Marvell was added to the S&P 500 this week alongside data-center supplier Flex, as old school company’s Pool Corp and Campbell’s were shown the door.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
One of the girls had a panda lunch box, which at my old school would be lame, but she seemed like she had a lot of friends, so maybe here panda lunch boxes were okay.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
But Sumrall and Whitt believe in an old-school tenet of the gridiron.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Alec Litowitz spent more than three decades navigating markets when the old-school rules stopped working.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Today’s helmets, which range in price from $200 to more than $1,600, bear little resemblance to their old-school predecessors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Lake Park Bistro — Lake Park Bistro has the kind of delightfully old-school French restaurant feel that starts at the grand entrance and continues with white tablecloths and waiters in spiffy uniforms.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
“The dude do it old-school style for sho’,” Bennie said.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
