cliché-ridden
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Their intended audience includes national security bureaucrats in the U.S. and abroad and the think-tankers and journalists obliged by a sense of professional responsibility to at least scan these generally leaden, cliché-ridden products of groupthink.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025
"The vast majority of profile texts still appear cliché-ridden and generic and show a high level of predictability."
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2022
How do you turn a cliché-ridden comic book character into a distinctly Asian American superhero?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2021
Million Dollar Baby” and “Rocky” are both excellent boxing pictures and worthy best picture winners that breathed fresh life into perhaps the most cliché-ridden genre in all of cinema.
From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2016
As cliché-ridden as that conceit sounds at the outset, the film is a bit smarter than to just go through the motions before arriving at its conclusion.
From The Verge ● Jul. 18, 2014
