past
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The standout works of the company’s current season are not its newest creations but the often surprising ones pulled from its past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
After their success with ‘Sinners,’ The Envelope asked Proximity Media founders Ryan Coogler, Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian about the company’s past, present and future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
But Indonesia has in the past also apologised to its neighbours for causing the haze.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
First, it’s worth looking at what’s driven chip stocks lower across the past five sessions.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
I stride past him and up the steps.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
But instead of gossiping about who’s dating whom, collaborators batted around their pasts and infused the darkly comedic anthology series with themes of samsara and the Jungian Shadow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
As a result, the state takes few steps to protect students from private school educators with troubled pasts.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
Both have pasts you wouldn’t put on a Tinder profile.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
It was vital for the police to know if all those injuries could have been caused by someone defending themselves - they needed to understand more about the two men's pasts.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
Ben said we shouldn’t focus on the past, but it always felt to me he meant more along the lines of our own personal pasts, not history itself.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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