a while back
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Writer Greg Stolze posted a while back about “some professor” who “put googly eyes on a pencil and waved it at his class saying ‘Hi!
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
I went with my son to the Macedonia game a while back and the atmosphere at Old Trafford was electric.
From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025
“I remember one a while back that was a roller and those are scary because they keep going on, but this was a quick hit, was over and that’s it.”
From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024
“Basically,” Kramer said over breakfast a while back, pointing toward his forehead, “what you see here is not mine.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2023
The one he said he was missing a while back.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
