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Meanings of usual suspects in English

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Usage of usual suspects in English
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Potential sugar-daddies include the usual suspects: Yahoo, AOL, News Corp and Viacom.
Wired
2
A number of the established usual suspects were notably underwhelming last Sunday.
The Guardian
3
Mills is looking for a motive and going through the usual suspects.
The king of lies
4
The name of the game is to round up the usual suspects.
The Irish Times
5
The lists are circulating, and the usual suspects are being rounded up.
The Irish Times
6
But if it wasn't one of the usual suspects...who did that leave?
Mob rules
7
He was the straight in a usual suspects' line-up of capital city bohos.
The Irish Times
8
The usual suspects were being rounded up, along with many others.
Imperfect Sword
9
With the help of production by the usual suspects like J.U.S.T.I.C.E.
Ebony
10
The usual suspects: crazed fans, wannabe disciples, and aspiring bounty hunters.
Ready Player One
11
A pessebre, a Catalan nativity scene, contains all the usual suspects.
BBC
12
They have not settled for safe mediocrity, or the usual suspects.
The Guardian
13
He was already on the phone, rounding up the usual suspects.
The devil's closet
14
I was tempted to name the usual suspects, such as Singapore and Switzerland.
The Irish Times
15
And rounding up the usual suspects, Caitlin, Nancy Y., Peggy, Jonnie, and Camille.
Getting old is tres dangereux
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Then, the usual suspects will get in a snot about that.
The Irish Times
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Usual suspects through the time
Usual suspects across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Rare