cliché

The arts as a vehicle for coming together can be cliché.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Unlike a Bollywood catchphrase or a cricketing cliché, it isn't coined by scriptwriters or sporting heroes.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

This culinary artist is one of that clan of uncompromising foodie obsessives who are beginning to become a cliché in popular culture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

That might be a cliché, but this time it’s literally true.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026

“I think everyone dreams of leaving home, but trust me, the cliché is true: I’ve been a lot of places and there really is no place like home.”

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson

“I’m very grateful for life. It’s so cliche to say, you don’t know the time nor the hour, but it’s true, and it just helped me put a lot of things in perspective,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

“This is gonna sound like a cliche, but if you build it, they will come,” Bitar said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Football is a funny old game, as the cliche goes.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

I'm 50, and this is not a rehearsal, as cliche as that sounds.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026

And, though I know it is a cliche, I have to say it nevertheless: You ain’t seen nothin yet.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

She didn’t fight the dumb clichés that early on gathered around her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Yes, it’s trite, but most clichés have an element of truth.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

It’s one of the great clichés of Mexican culture — how our parties always end in tears and worse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

But DC’s latest installment lands like a big hunk of Kryptonite for the dream of a superhero franchise that can transcend the genre’s clichés, Slate’s Dana Stevens writes.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026

Not unless she is imagined to be more than tired tropes and predictable clichés.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan