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[bak] / bæk /


ADJECTIVE
from earlier time
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Back in 1977, Spielberg’s “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” was a popcorn masterpiece of withheld information.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Back in the mountain camp, PDF commander Da Wa agrees the conscripts are a problem.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Back then, federal taxes were 20% of GDP, compared to just 17.3% today.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Back home, Pulte’s circle included another Coe disciple, a Michigan business leader named Mike Timmis, who facilitated Fellowship mission work known as Cornerstone Development in Uganda.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Back when Mom, Jonah, and I first moved here when I was eleven, Pops would find me almost every day after school, fishing off the end of his dock.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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