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a short time ago





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He appeared on the balcony of St Peter's Basilica a short time ago.

From BBC ● May 8, 2025

“This is much much tamer. It’s much tamer than it was even a short time ago when Scalia was on the court.”

From Washington Times ● Oct. 1, 2023

Ryder Cup team members at Silverado Resort, Thomas feels much better about his game than he did a short time ago.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 2023

That would mean an end to the Fed’s inflation fighting, and was unthinkable a short time ago.

From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2023

Yet that slim little ingot, the one he had poured but a short time ago, how easily it would slip into a wineskin!

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw


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