same old
Example Sentences
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Time will tell, but for now Californians — and most of America — are stuck doing the same old clock-face conga on Sunday.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2026
They have yet to turn a profit and may never be profitable; it’s the same old reprise.
From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026
"People are tired of the same old faces. They want to see a generational contest between the Gen Z and the group of older politicians from the 1990s."
From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026
“Now we see that borrowers are going to be stuck with the same old unaffordable plans that haven’t been working for decades,” Yu said.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025
Perhaps I too might wield the same old power that animated the ancestors, that lived in Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, Nanny, Cudjoe, Malcolm X, and speak—no, act—as though my body were my own.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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