past
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Khuliso Mudau broke towards the area and looked to skip past Montes, but the South African was stopped in his tracks by a rash tackle.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
The past few decades, Elon Musk told them, had been “a dark age” for human space flight—one costly government program after another that failed to reach the pad.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
A nameless handyman with a mysterious past that receives, and requires, no explanation, Miao’s face is plenty expressive.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
They look to find situations that have worked in the past, buy in, and hope history repeats itself.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
I don’t tell her that I was gutted as I stood still and watched the crowd go past me.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Vocabulary lists containing past
Conventions, Writing to Sources, and Speaking & Listening, Unit 1
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Conventions, Writing to Sources, and Speaking & Listening (Unit 1)
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