old shoe
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My knife also became something of a conversation piece—friends I cooked for wanted to try it, drawing it from its homemade cover, crafted from old shoe boxes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025
It was a grind that gave way to a routine as comfortable as an old shoe.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2025
“It was like putting on an old shoe, a shoe so old the laces were gone,” Burrows jokes.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2023
“I opened the bag and inside the bag was an old shoe box and inside of the shoe box, I saw the blue-and-white gingham dress,” Mr. Ripa recalled on Friday.
From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2022
And I believe that Mr. Sloan would have eaten an old shoe if she’d served it to him hot.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
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