a while back

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Writer Greg Stolze posted a while back about “some professor” who “put googly eyes on a pencil and waved it at his class saying ‘Hi!

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

“I started feeling a while back ‘you know, I wish I had a place to put these conversations,’” Mason said in a recent interview.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

"I saw something a while back saying I have some specific bonus linked to a women's World Cup win - that is not the case, that is not true," Sweeney said.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2025

“I remember one a while back that was a roller and those are scary because they keep going on, but this was a quick hit, was over and that’s it.”

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024

She had started wearing them a while back, when people had begun to suspect that the roar of air in your suit might be loud enough to damage your hearing.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston