whence it came

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Colorado is believed to be particularly vulnerable to a defection back to the conference from whence it came to the Pac-12 in 2011.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2023

She whirled around to look at it on the ground and whipped back to stare, mouth agape, into the audience whence it came.

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2022

Police, who saw the festive side, said officers intercepted to "shepherd" it back to the enclosure from whence it came, although "not via Bethlehem".

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2021

Now, a show that emerged from the archives is returning whence it came, for — as Dickinson might have put it — all Eternity.

From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2021

‘It’s a trap!’ said Sam, and he laid his hand upon the hilt of his sword; and as he did so, he thought of the darkness of the barrow whence it came.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien