eons ago
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The internet boom and the rise of trendy handheld devices and gadgets that came in a rainbow array of colorways feels like eons ago now.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
The dot-com bubble was nearing its peak 26 years ago, and on Wall Street, where most careers are not even measured in decades, that’s eons ago.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2025
One theory holds that, eons ago, several apocalyptic eruptions set off a runaway greenhouse effect on Venus, turning it from a temperate, waterlogged world into an arid desert of burned glass.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2024
Astronomers suspect an unusual near-Earth rocky object is not a typical escapee from the Solar System’s asteroid belt, but is instead a chunk of the Moon blasted into space eons ago by a spectacular impact.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 19, 2024
Allagash died eons ago, and Edisto is survived by his uncle’s wife, Florentine Snowberger, and the rest of the Snowberger clan, including especially his favorite niece, Comfort Snowberger, who was also his picnic companion.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
