distant past

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The concept is one of the least futuristic that Apple has implemented in an app in some time, and in fact calls back to the distant past of the pre-Twitter, pre–Instagram Reels sports web.

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2026

Yet “The Boys of Dungeon Lane” doesn’t strictly limit its focus to the distant past.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

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

These timelines support earlier research and highlight how diverse treponemal pathogens were in the distant past.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026

All that can really be said is that at some indeterminate point in the very distant past, for reasons unknown, there came the moment known to science as t = 0.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson