stereotype
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"He kind of just fit a masculine action-star stereotype... I'm pretty much positive none of us could name a movie he'd been in."
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
It’s not the stereotype on its own that is the problem, he says: “it’s the predicament that matters.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
Nowhere is that more evident than in Italy’s central and northern regions, where mountain cooking, preservation, and harsh winter shaped a cuisine far removed from the checkered-tablecloth stereotype.
From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026
It was unfair to associate all fans with what happened that day, but it perhaps reinforced a long-held stereotype of what England supporters were like for some.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
It was, of course, another stereotype, another trap.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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