old story
Example Sentences
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“That is an old story for Black folks,” she said.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026
That is a very old story in America, and it has left Doukopil twisting in the wind.
From Slate • Jan. 6, 2026
Ms. Low rehashes that old story, but concedes the delta is at least partially a product of the fact that “many women want to spend time at home with their children.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
But Erica Ford, as a cross-dressing game poacher and archer-in-disguise named Ralph, provides the kind of character and performance that delivers new blood and enlivens an old story.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
I had the feeling that I was an old story somewhere beyond the foot of the mountain.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
