past
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Past oil shocks show the variety of ways in which consumer prices react under those conditions, the BOJ governor said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Past and present don’t collide so much as they fuse together; they aren’t two opposing places in time, but rather, a straight line.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
First Past the Post continues to be used for UK general elections and elections to English councils.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
Past memory booms have resulted in oversupply and then deep downturns.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Past her, out of the alcove, over the heads of the ghosts standing guard, and out into the twilight.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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Conventions, Writing to Sources, and Speaking & Listening, Unit 1
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Conventions, Writing to Sources, and Speaking & Listening (Unit 1)
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