like clockwork
Example Sentences
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When it comes to quintessential fall produce, apples and pumpkin take center stage like clockwork.
From Salon
The retired cop, the newlyweds, the sword enthusiast — they return every school year like clockwork.
From Salon
In 2005, the butter-wouldn’t-melt Gibson finally agreed to pose nude for Playboy, which had “called us like clockwork about every two years or so” since her 18th birthday.
From Los Angeles Times
In other words, earthquakes didn’t seem to re-occur like clockwork, rupturing the same stretch of fault in a repeatable, predictable pattern.
From Los Angeles Times
Wiegman's rotations arrived like clockwork in 2022 - midway through the second half, no matter the score, and always made a difference.
From BBC
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