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he left here long ago
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If the 14-wins-a-year-ago Vikings weren’t tough enough, in Week 2, Chicago next faces a hungry Lions team that won 15 games last season.
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Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Claude can’t disentangle her years-ago affair with Mathias from feelings of self-recrimination and guilt, and seesaws between anger and seduction.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Chief financial officer Zac Coughlin said the firm is expecting Q3 gross margin to decline approximately 175 basis points from the year-ago period.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
Fox’s Saturday broadcast absolutely buried the year-ago analogue, a Penn State beatdown of West Virginia that averaged just shy of 3 million viewers.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Claude can’t disentangle her years-ago affair with Mathias from feelings of self-recrimination and guilt, and seesaws between anger and seduction.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Chief financial officer Zac Coughlin said the firm is expecting Q3 gross margin to decline approximately 175 basis points from the year-ago period.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
Fox’s Saturday broadcast absolutely buried the year-ago analogue, a Penn State beatdown of West Virginia that averaged just shy of 3 million viewers.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ago. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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ago
adjective or adverb
: earlier than the present time
many years ago
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