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Harrell: We bought the tickets like a year and a half ago, so it’s been on the calendar forever.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

Speaking of which, a year and a half ago in this space I wrote a guide to pretending to understand quantum computing.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

"I've pictured the fight, I can't see it going any other way, having my hand raised. As sick as I was a year and a half ago, I feel this is already a victory."

From BBC • May 15, 2026

“For those who are aspirational in what they are hoping to get, because their neighbor got it a year and a half ago, those folks are having a little bit more trouble.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Viserys had told her that the last Targaryen dragons had died no more than a century and a half ago, during the reign of Aegon HI, who was called the Dragonbane.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin