distant past

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Spurs legend Glenn Hoddle has also suggested he would be interested, but once again this would be a dip into the distant past.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

U.S. company stocks are no longer owned by a small number of stockholders, as in the distant past.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 9, 2026

Just before Christmas, in what now seems like the distant past before the U.S. military captured Mr. Maduro, these questions about socialism were still largely abstract.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 5, 2026

However, the next event will likely be milder, because today's atmosphere contains more oxygen than in the distant past, which dampens the nutrient feedback.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025

They had stepped into a vanished world from the distant past.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer