garden-variety
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“A relationship with a subordinate is so garden-variety, it’s not going to influence that many board members other than for them to say, ‘Let’s give this person a warning,’” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Colombian writer-director Simón Mesa Soto’s acutely observed Cannes-recognized “A Poet” lays bare that torment with the tale of a has-been writer for whom exquisite suffering has curdled into garden-variety middle-age failure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
Of course, more force than your typical garden-variety arrest warrant was required, hence the military aspect.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 10, 2026
At this point, it was a garden-variety story of influence peddling.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2025
As he approached the fiery grey apparition, he was fairly sure it was a garden-variety wraith - a lost soul who had died in pain.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
