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

Thus, the dollar’s decline isn’t run-of-the-mill market noise, but the natural result of the U.S. giving priority to the dollar’s domestic role over its global one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

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

Milagro mud, called zoquete by the people, was not just run-of-the-mill mud, however.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols