well-trod

• “The pull, which is rooted in a caveman/woman-ish desire to avoid the stress of "fight or flight" adrenaline surges, tries to keep us on life's well-trod paths of safety.”

  The Huffington Post: Sharon Glassman: What is Work? Finding Your True Career in Life's Second Act

• “Yep, here we have the well-trod trope that short sellers, like any deliverer of bad news, are a public enemy—though even Mr. Levin apparently understood that his case wouldn't be superficially plausible unless he could attach the adjective "massive" to Goldman's short.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Crime & Punishment & Goldman

• “This case follows along a well-trod path, cleared by earlier decisions by the Supreme Court," said lead plaintiffs' counsel Joseph Sellers on Thursday.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Companies Rally Behind Wal-Mart as Bias Suit Heads to High Court

• “Building off decades of artificial-intelligence research, Watson pursues one well-trod path — broadly analyzing vast libraries of text for answers — rather than relying on deep structural knowledge of a very narrow area, such as lunar geology, seen in so-called "expert" systems, says Ellen Voorhees of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Md.”

  USA Today: Watson plays 'Jeopardy!' well, but what else can it do?

• “Short on time and dollars, few tourists venture outside of these well known, well-trod vacation spots.”

  The Huffington Post: Jamie Schler: Gâteau Nantais: A Secret Worth Knowing

• “Some people coast through life, being directed by others or following the well-trod paths created for them.”

  Simon & Schuster: Manifesting Michelangelo

• “He slung the saddlebags over his shoulder and led her into the woods along a well-trod path.”

  Simon & Schuster: How to Woo a Reluctant Lady

• “Her eighty-hour work weeks might keep her from socializing or dating outside her office walls -- but she's paying her dues on the well-trod path to wealth and happiness.”

  Everyone Worth Knowing by Lauren Weisberger: Book summary

• “The play is deeply moving and remarkably timely, considering the well-trod dramatic territory it covers.”

  The Huffington Post: Hoyt Hilsman: Theater Review: I Never Sang for My Father

• “After his release, he looked for a church near Hope Village and wound up making the well-trod walk from the halfway house to Allen Chapel A.M.E.”

  The Washington Post: After prison, building a new life means more than just doing right

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