same old
Example Sentences
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A chant of "same old Sarries, always cheating" greeted every refereeing call against them.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
A new week, a new month, and the same old issues, however, might start to erode the stock market’s springtime immunity.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
My reaction was this: “Not this same old yarn again.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
When he discovered black beans, he found them downright exotic—inky, fudgy, definitely not the same old pintos.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026
He knows no more than they do about total reality—less, if anything: works with the same old clutter of atoms, the givens of his time and place and tongue.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
