old story
Example Sentences
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“Whenever you tell an old story, you change it, sometimes on purpose and sometimes in ways you don’t exactly control,” he writes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
That is a very old story in America, and it has left Doukopil twisting in the wind.
From Slate • Jan. 6, 2026
But Erica Ford, as a cross-dressing game poacher and archer-in-disguise named Ralph, provides the kind of character and performance that delivers new blood and enlivens an old story.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
On the surface, England's World Cup exit at the semi-final stage is the same old story.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025
When there was some money, then it was the same old story.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
