timeworn
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For him, the film — like all dinosaur media — has the potential to do something new, outside of timeworn franchises.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
Dotting the shoreline is a bleak expanse of detritus: timeworn pumps, tottering derricks, wayward cranes and aging pipelines.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026
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 unlike most morning radio hosts, Dill plays tracks in a mixture of styles that can run the gamut from obscure ambient music to timeworn dad rock.
From New York Times • May 3, 2024
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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