whence it came
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Colorado is believed to be particularly vulnerable to a defection back to the conference from whence it came to the Pac-12 in 2011.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 20, 2023
Does the Idea folder ever go back to whence it came?
From Washington Post • Jun. 6, 2022
They're a clever touch, but Bravo's subtler choices distinguish "Zola" as a cannily interpretive work evocative of the medium from whence it came.
From Salon • Jun. 30, 2021
“Europeras” — which suggests the phrase “your operas” — amounted to a rejection of European art, returning it whence it came.
From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2018
‘It’s a trap!’ said Sam, and he laid his hand upon the hilt of his sword; and as he did so, he thought of the darkness of the barrow whence it came.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
