cliché
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But the murky situation didn’t stop commenters from falling back on a cliché of cancellation: “I never liked his stuff anyway.”
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
It’s called New People, and its program is a set of cliché slogans such as “not revolution, but evolution.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The arts as a vehicle for coming together can be cliché.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
He went on to form The Smiths with Morrissey in 1982, defining an entire era of indie music with his intricate, chiming tones - rooted in British pop, while stubbornly avoiding cliché.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
“And it’s not about stereotypical girl topics written in sappy, cliché ways.”
From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan
"It is what it is. Same old cliche a decade later. Keep running you little cowards," he added.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
Bernstine finds new notes in a role that typically runs to cliche.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
So, just more peace and love, literally sounds probably very cliche, but peace and love.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
The cliche, 'anybody can beat anybody' in the Premier League is closer to the truth than in La Liga or the Bundesliga.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
We smile at expressions like these out of relief, because were braced for the numbing cliche that fails to arrive.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
Eve resists scream-queen clichés, but Gemma’s boringly typical tortured backstory is as flat as her wan chemistry with Nick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Yes, it’s trite, but most clichés have an element of truth.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
But DC’s latest installment lands like a big hunk of Kryptonite for the dream of a superhero franchise that can transcend the genre’s clichés, Slate’s Dana Stevens writes.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
Certain clichés and hiccups aside, however, “Apex” is spectacular.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Not just with objective wonder at the rising of a truth, fragmentary or not, up through what often seemed to be an impenetrable mass of prejudices, clichés, and bromides.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
Vocabulary lists containing cliché
Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Introductory
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 2
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Reading: Literature - Literary Devices & Figures of Speech - Middle School
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