far back
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They made it a game in the fourth with a 16-5 run but were too far back and it took just a couple of Valkyries shots to put the game out of reach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Arabic texts as far back as the 15th century codified the discipline of navigation, though ship captains sailed the reefs from memory, using poems rather than maps to recall notable landmarks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The Bank of International Settlements described “bubble conditions” in the gold market as far back as August 2024.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
"TRACE reconstructs those histories across the genome. By identifying regions whose ancestry extends unusually far back in time, we can uncover genetic contributions from extinct human populations, even in the absence of ancient DNA."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
From somewhere far back in that book jungle, I could hear the little old lady moving around.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
