times past
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In times past visiting dignitaries would give emperors gifts and tributes.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2025
“Tribute is paid to all grandmothers, great-grandmothers, mothers and traditional healers who in times past could cure everything from a broken heart to clinical illnesses with the help of herbs, flowers, bark, etc.”
From Salon • Oct. 31, 2024
And it’s true he has changed: In times past, even referring to his narcissism might have earned the therapist a trip to the guano workings.
From Slate • Aug. 5, 2023
People sipped wine with their salmon or steak, but this was not a debauched song-nyeun-hwae of times past.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2022
So we’ve walked around the block I don’t know how many times, past the house where a cute boy in Carla’s class lives.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
