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So, you’re not saying he was a special agent going back forty years?
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 24, 2019
And, here, it’s instructive again to go back forty years.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 11, 2019
“Main man, you’re my support,” it begins, “your two strong legs, your back forty years against a brick wall.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2012
The second received the kick-off and Marvin ran the ball back forty yards through a broken field before he was nailed.
From Left End Edwards by C. M. (Charles Mark) Relyea
My memory goes back forty years to Russia, when I was on a bear-shooting expedition with Sir Robert Kennedy.
From Here, There and Everywhere by Lord Frederick Spencer Hamilton
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