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"Although we have quite a lot of published letters of Tolkien's, these have been hitherto overlooked."
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The source said Meloni would meet with officials from Saudi Arabia, as well as from Qatar and United Arab Emirates on what had been a hitherto unannounced trip.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
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
Suddenly his eye gave a blink, as if it had met something that either dazzled or shocked its pupil; turning, he said in more rapid accents than he had hitherto used—
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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