whence
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He is one of the most prominent of the next generation of tabla players poised to take the next step for their instrument, begging the question of whence tabla.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025
You may be wondering just whence that staggering valuation arises, then.
From Slate • Mar. 28, 2024
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
“From whence came this woman’s strategic political genius?”
From New York Times • May 24, 2023
In the end no one was left, and the she-goats and the he-goats returned from the hills whence they had fled, and they looked in innocence at the death camp of the people.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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