time-honored

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As the book’s subtitle indicates, Mr. Bayliss, a scholar of Greek history at the University of Birmingham in England, situates the Spartans firmly within the time-honored pattern of overreach leading to downfall.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Still, now is the time to pause, take a deep breath and maybe heed a tidbit of time-honored advice from a handful of Wall Street veterans: Buy the dip.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

The series stakes its ground in the time-honored, time-worn conceit of clashing personalities forced to work side by side.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

Up has gone a mighty whine from actors, directors and other Hollywood traditionalists against the disruptive streamer walking off with HBO, a time-honored studio and storytelling brands like Superman, Harry Potter and Game of Thrones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

The next day the Husky crews performed a time-honored Poughkeepsie ritual and visited each of their rivals’ shell houses to pay grudging respect to their competitors before taking to the river.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown