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Movies based on video games have routinely disappointed at the box office, with the notable exception of the Tomb Raider and Resident Evil franchises.
Her protagonists were generally clever and curious children whose cleverness and curiosity became terrifically useful as they wended their way through convoluted adventures, mostly unaided by the adults in their lives, who routinely disappointed them.
His several thematically arranged books of collected drawings, from "All in Line" (1945) to "The Discovery of America" (1992), were better received, but routinely disappointed his hopes for their impact.
Robinson continued to garner individual accolades throughout his early career: he was named the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year in 1992 and the Most Valuable Player in 1995, and he earned a place on the league's official list of the 50 greatest players in NBA history (1996), but his teams routinely disappointed in the postseason.
Driven by a need to experience a timeless tavern like the one in John Ford's 1952 film "The Quiet Man" — a place with a strong sense of community, where the art of conversation flourishes — Barich travels throughout Ireland and is routinely disappointed.
Thinking she could improve on the mediocre mom-and-pop cafes in Chinatown that had routinely disappointed her and visiting guests, she told her husband that she wanted to start her own restaurant.
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The reason the Chicago Cubs routinely disappoint fans is because they would still sell out even if it had been decades since they won anything.
Regardless, Williams said, if fans expect him to produce the statistics he routinely put up in Utah, they may be disappointed.
As the GCS is routinely performed in our unit, we were surprised and disappointed by the comparatively low inter-rater agreement of a longstanding standard procedure.
Not only has home field been sold out for two decades, but during snowstorms, the team routinely puts out calls for volunteers to help shovel and is never disappointed by the response.
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