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The Order takes its name from the symbolic bathing, which, in former times, was often part of the preparation of a candidate for knighthood.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2023
In former times, the shop had brought her 25,000 afghanis a month, some $300.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
Lobster, cooked on a plancha and dripping with smoky pimentòn butter and sherry, is a far cry from the garlic-scented chew toys of former times.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2022
"The new German power in Europe is not based as in former times on force," writes Beck in German Europe.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2013
“History, for example! A most important subject. In the words of Cicero, ‘Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child.’”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
