usual
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Clad in prosthetics with a head full of graying hair, Cruise is far from his usual stunts-heavy, bravado-filled roles, which could make his typical audience less likely to come out to theaters, analysts said.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
The usual mechanism for closing a shortfall—delivering metal to LME sites—could just shuffle copper around the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Parts of Yorkshire and in eastern England with parts of Yorkshire saw less than 20% of their usual rainfall.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
He skipped out of my way as usual.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
I’m Kelvin Washington, alongside the usuals, Yvonne Villarreal, we got Mark Olsen as well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
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
It was what she loved most about the job, getting to know the usuals, soaking in how they looked at her — as an equal, not as someone to hurry past on the sidewalk.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2019
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
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
