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So, you’re not saying he was a special agent going back forty years?

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 24, 2019

And, here, it’s instructive again to go back forty years.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 11, 2019

“Main man, you’re my support,” it begins, “your two strong legs, your back forty years against a brick wall.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2012

“When I heard that there hymn,” she went on quaveringly, “it took me back forty year an’ more.

From In Wild Rose Time by Amanda M. Douglas

The second received the kick-off and Marvin ran the ball back forty yards through a broken field before he was nailed.

From Left End Edwards by C. M. (Charles Mark) Relyea


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