timeworn
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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
Occasionally we’d glimpse small towns and timeworn roadside attractions — a reminder that Old Route 66 basically follows Southwest Chief’s path between the West Coast and Albuquerque, N.M.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
A timeworn story of unrequited love, it leans on his training as a counter-tenor, before exploding into an unexpected techno breakdown.
From BBC ● May 9, 2025
But the gently moving “I’m Still Here” surpasses its contemporaries thanks to its well-paced screenplay and its ability to buck conventions in what would otherwise be a timeworn story of perseverance.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2025
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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