a while back
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Writer Greg Stolze posted a while back about “some professor” who “put googly eyes on a pencil and waved it at his class saying ‘Hi!
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
"I saw something a while back saying I have some specific bonus linked to a women's World Cup win - that is not the case, that is not true," Sweeney said.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2025
I lost the conversation’s thread a while back, so I ask him, “Do you travel much?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2024
“I remember one a while back that was a roller and those are scary because they keep going on, but this was a quick hit, was over and that’s it.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
I thought I heard some soft plashing and a sniffing noise, a while back; but you hear a lot of such queer sounds by a river at night.’
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
