distant past

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Spurs legend Glenn Hoddle has also suggested he would be interested, but once again this would be a dip into the distant past.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Those who cite events of the distant past, such as the U.S.-led boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics, may be deliberately missing the point.

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026

U.S. company stocks are no longer owned by a small number of stockholders, as in the distant past.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 9, 2026

In the intervening decades, he wrote and revised reams of material set in the distant past of Middle-earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

This name has an aura around it, like an amulet, some charm that’s survived from an unimaginably distant past.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood