date back

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Cheshire Police said it was made aware last month of allegations that reportedly date back to 2023.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

A couple, out for a stroll, asked an AFP journalist to take a photo of them, a memento of a nice date back on their island home.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Even gold wedding bands date back to the ancient world, Gordon says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Reports of sperm whales using their heads to strike objects date back to open-boat whaling in the 19th century.

From Science Daily • Mar. 23, 2026

However tentatively, the results indicated that the various Algonkian languages in New England all date back to a common ancestor that appeared in the Northeast a few centuries before Christ.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann