long-ago
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Neither were most of them hurting for attention, which is probably why my brain connected those long-ago irritants with this present one.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
As they read your long-ago emails and memos, you want your years of hard work, passion and loyalty to your employer to jump off the page.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
Thater and Govan both recall a long-ago discussion about Thater’s love of Zumthor’s work, and his use of concrete in Austria’s Kunsthaus Bregenz contemporary art museum.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
Displaying as always her couture hauteur, Miranda, who doesn’t even remember Andy from her long-ago gig, tosses the former assistant in a terrible office and tells her she will inevitably fail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
It was about a long-ago white basketball star named Rabbit who grows up and lives a miserable life.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
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