date back
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Two separate press-shy families have controlled the domaine through a partnership since 1942, although some of its vineyards date back to the 1200s, or even earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Video game adaptations of films date back as far as the late 1970s.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
The “long-standing agreements and planning assumptions ... date back more than a decade,” NV Energy said in a May 14 statement.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Some of the videos date back to 2023.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
“Says here,” Lara continues, squinting at her phone, “that boogeypeople date back seven hundred years to the war with the Night Brothers.”
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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