usual
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Instead of meeting him at the door with an embrace like usual, I casually yell from the kitchen, “It’s open!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Despite BMW’s profitability falling to 25-year lows, even as global demand outside China remains robust, BMW’s plans assume business as usual, requiring simply better execution on costs, Citi says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Conducted this week by correspondent Eric Cortellessa and top editor Sam Jacobs, the 11,000-word interview is in some ways an unremarkable artifact of the president’s usual tics: run-on sentences, bluster, insults, lies.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026
Swiss glaciers started the summer in an already difficult place, covered by less snow than usual after a mild winter.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
We walked halfway to Ballilee to the church for Mass. It took longer than usual.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
The writer pointed to the standard empirical data points – consumer confidence, morale, the usuals – but eventually landed on the basic plausible theory that chasing down conspiracies is just plain fun.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2025
Expect the aforementioned usuals, along with snowy egrets wading under the willows, black-necked stilts scurrying along the banks and Canada geese floating nearby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2022
It is a Tuesday afternoon and I am sitting in the hairdressers, having both my usuals: a short back and sides and a mild attack of awkwardness.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 17, 2016
When traveling to a new city, people often put the usuals on the list of to-dos: local food, historic sites and museums.
From Washington Post
We get in the long line and get our usuals, a Caesar salad for her, a burger and milk shake for me, and a heaping plate of french fries for us to share.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
