not long ago

Smith went back to Paradise not long ago to see what condition the town was in.

It was not long ago that Finland and Sweden were still neutral states, although their infrastructure and “total defence system” date back to the Cold War.

“I was having lunch at Lake Merritt not long ago,” recalled Eric Jaye, a veteran Democratic political consultant based in San Francisco, “and someone was just walking up and down in broad daylight at noon, breaking into cars.”

"We are not members of Nato, we don’t have that umbrella over our head. The last war of 2008 was not long ago."

“People in this district, people in Nassau County, are very familiar with the historic corruption here. You know, not long ago, the Republican county executive went to jail. His deputy went to jail. His wife went to jail. A neighboring town Republican supervisor went to jail. His town attorney, I think, also went to jail,” Gillen said.