timeworn
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Seeing the underdog get away — that’s a pretty timeworn story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
One of the timeworn accusations against Holden Caulfield is hypocrisy: This guy calls everyone else phony, but he’s just as phony!
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
But beneath where the cathedral's singers sit, its timeworn paving stones lies a dark financial legacy.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
But abandoning timeworn procedures meant new complications—including one that led the skunk works team to the Michigan plant at 3 a.m.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
He raised his hand higher and then higher still until Despereaux's whiskers brushed against his leathery, timeworn ear.
From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo
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