The lessons of that book, alas, are not stale.

"It's not stale, Britton. It's just older styles of candies. Like how them Michael Jordan sneakers y'all be paying all that money for keep getting remade? That's what this is. Retro candy. Hard to get, and used to cost only a penny a piece when I was a little girl, but I gotta charge y'all four cents more. Attitude tax."

Few would deny that the Oscars had gotten, if not stale, too safe.

When, in his inauguration speech, Biden touted “unity,” he framed it as a national rejection of the dark forces unleashed by his discredited predecessor, not stale Gang of Eight bipartisanship.

Another bonus: Slowly risen breads will not stale as quickly, Leader says.