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
Some have mulled sending the money to whence it came, but that risks contributing to FTX’s legal defense.
From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2022
They're a clever touch, but Bravo's subtler choices distinguish "Zola" as a cannily interpretive work evocative of the medium from whence it came.
From Salon • Jun. 30, 2021
When it had enough, the cat returned to the shadowy tunnel whence it came.
From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2019
No one noticed the moon-faced boy in the flat cap, or the honeybee that drifted from his mouth, tested the sooty air, then dove back from whence it came.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
