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

“He’s an amazingly talented guy,” McDonald says of Puth, whom the Doobie Brothers frontman had been eager to write with since a mutual friend suggested it a while back.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Corden said the writing duo had completed a script a "while back" but it was too long so rewrites were needed.

From BBC • Jul. 20, 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

They’re bigger than us, and I set my eyes on the massive one Marv had been talking about a while back.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak