run-of-the-mill
Example Sentences
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One reason for targeting Ashaal could have been run-of-the-mill avarice.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
He had been, as Mr. Maisel characterizes the undergraduate Leahy, “the epitome of a run-of-the-mill football player,” but that was the last time he was anything but the driving force behind every group he joined.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
Catherine Corless thought it would be a “simple, run-of-the-mill kind of thing” when she began a local history course in 2005.
From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025
Most of these films are tired, run-of-the-mill ocean thrillers that recycle the same beats of better movies that have come before.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2025
In every way she seemed to be a typical, ordinary, everyday, run-of-the-mill teenager.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
