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To their initial astonishment, they have attracted a far wider viewership spanning all ages, even followers who hitherto had only scant interest in ballet.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
By the 1930s, parents began reporting the hitherto unseen phenomenon of children rejecting their meals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
She reset to break Pegula's hitherto dominant serve, but was broken back straight away with her fourth double fault of the contest.
From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026
They reached their target inside 33 overs, England's four-wicket victory delighting the thousands of travelling fans who finally have something to celebrate on a hitherto miserable tour.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025
Equal temperament, or the ‘well-tempered’ keyboard, wasn’t perfect, but it was a practical solution to what had hitherto seemed intractable problems.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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