passed down
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“Time and Water” touches on the epic verse called rimurs, passed down via chanted song by Icelandic women, their descriptive, sorrowful tales like dispatches from previous ages.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
No apps or GPS - just a system passed down through generations of workers who know Mumbai's trains and streets instinctively.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Brand surmises that the Dutch collaborator Seyffardt acquired the painting at the 1940 auction and it was then passed down throughout the generations.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
This propensity to take risks, Mr. Herman argues, has been passed down from generation to generation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
It was a lesson she’d forgotten in her early days in America, but with time she had rediscovered it as something worthy passed down from her grandmother in Kure.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
