days of old
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The latest China Beige Book private economic survey was more blunt: "But forget a return to days of old: it will take considerable policy support in 2023 just to pull property out of the gutter."
From Reuters ● Jan. 5, 2023
There’s even a canned recording that begins, “Attention, Kmart shoppers” — except it’s to remind folks about COVID-19 precautions, not to alert them to a flash sale over in ladies’ lingerie like days of old.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2022
In days of old — when the sick were bled, purged, blistered and poisoned by their doctors — people were not so resistant to an effective substance that would stave off malaria.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2020
Even before the popular revolt that led to the abdication of Czar Nicholas II, there was a growing sense that the days of old were drawing to an end.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2017
When it’s glorious, I want to live in that place, where the stars are just marking a vast unreachable shell, like they used to believe in days of old.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
