Historical clue formulations

• Run into the ground — 2023-05-07
• Turn into a cliché — 2021-04-15
• Strain, as a muscle — 2020-05-07
• Rely on excessively — 2015-07-06
• Make a cliché — 2012-01-04
• Turn into a chestnut — 2011-01-29
• Cause of depletion — 2002-11-03
• Make hackneyed — 2002-10-27
• Cause of diminishing returns — 2002-09-03
• Deplete, perhaps — 1997-08-20