yesteryear

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It flew past Viljami Sinisalo at a speed that reminded you of what the late, great Gordon McQueen said of his iconic goal against England from yesteryear.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

In Kinshasa's hip bars, the rumba of yesteryear has given way to a modern fusion of Afropop and RnB, a style notably popularised outside the country by Congolese artist Fally Ipupa.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

The company has seen the Gen Z audiences devour hits of yesteryear such as “How I Met Your Mother,” “Modern Family” and “Golden Girls.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

Mankind advances by tossing aside the trammels of yesteryear, be they religious or monetary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Henry Lee, for example, apprised Madison that the assumption debate reminded him of those glorious days of yesteryear, when the Virginia Assembly refused to recognize Parliament’s right to tax colonies.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis