well-worn
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It also calls to mind a well-worn saying in gasoline markets: Prices rise like a rocket, and come down like a feather.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
A well-worn joke in Westminster goes like this: “A Blairite, a Brownite and a Corbynite walk into a bar. The barman asks: ‘What are you having, Andy?’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
She recalled being surprised by how scruffily dressed the businessman was when she met him, finding him in flip-flops, some well-worn red shorts and a T-shirt.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Jost’s Hegseth stuck to a now well-worn bit: an oversized glass of “scotch” in hand, he “took questions” from the press while mostly ignoring them, pivoting instead to insults and non-answers.
From Salon ● May 3, 2026
They were almost all books for grown-ups: a well-worn thriller, a book about snakes, another about Alexander the Great, the Odyssey.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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