Past
Meanings and phrases
past
- earlier than the present time; no longer current
- of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; preceding; retiring
past
- so as to pass a given point; by
past
- the time that has elapsed; past times; yesteryear
- a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret)
- a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past; past tense
v.
- move past; travel by; pass by; surpass; go by; pass
- be superior or better than some standard; exceed; transcend; overstep; pass; top
n.
- someone who was formerly a master
- someone who has long and thorough experience in a given activity
n.
- a participle that expresses completed action; perfect participle
- These forms are often called the active past participle I.
- "løbende" "running"), and the past participle ends in -"et" (e.g.
- The past participle of the weak verbs has the ending "-et" or "-t".
n.
- a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past; past perfect tense; pluperfect; pluperfect tense
n.
- a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past; past perfect; pluperfect; pluperfect tense
n.
- a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past; past progressive tense
n.
- a progressive tense used to describe on-going action in the past; past progressive
n.
- a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past; past
- Talking about him in the past tense is tough for me."
- The entire novel is written in the past tense.
- The past tense had an active voice and a passive voice.
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- These numbers have stayed stagnant over the past few years.
- It has varied and generally risen over the past few hundred years.
- However, the shed has been lying in disuse for the past few years.
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- The list includes both past and present players.
- This is distinct from past and present tense.
- The past and present of 40 acres and a mule."
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- Vyjayanthi Cinema has served the area for the past decade.
- In the past decade, baseball has been introduced to the country.
- He has received Alabama coach of the year 3 times in the past decade.
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- The vote itself follows a first past the post system.
- The first three candidates past the post in each ward won a council seat.
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- The vote itself follows a first past the post system.
- In by-elections, to fill a single seat, the first past the post system applied.
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- These numbers have stayed stagnant over the past few years.
- However, the shed has been lying in disuse for the past few years.
- For the past few years Mahtani has been designing and styling Virat Kohli.
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- This past year they built 3 cabins on site.
- For the past year, Tola has released two new singles "U Rritëm" and "Më ke mua".
- He had been in ill health for the past year, according to his daughter, Rena Tsur.
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- He also was a past president of the American Jewish Committee.
- Washington is a past president of the American Studies Association.
- The oldest and most distinguished member and a past president Dr. W.A.
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- Many scandals involving bribery were reported during the past years.
- Several different control strategies have been devised in the past years.
- Because of this Port-au-peck has been somewhat forgotten in the past years.
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- Many scandals involving bribery were reported during the past years.
- Public spending has increased by 27% annually during the past 5 years.
- These treatments have only become really essential during the past six months.
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- Inflation has subsided over the past several years.
- This Senate seat was unfavorable to incumbents over the past several decades.
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- They failed to get past the group stages on both occasions.
- However, the Jowangshin reveals how to get past this obstacle.
- They failed to get past the group stage, but beat Kyrgyzstan 1–0.
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- The scene then shifts to events in the recent past.
- The perfect and recent past do not have prefixes.
- Production figures of the recent past were:
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- In the past two decades an extensive inventory of the cave has been taken.
- It has been distributed for the past two decades in synagogues across Israel.
- The club has gone through several ownerships changes over the past two decades.
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- Something from my past life, unbidden, some foreign language words ...
- Now free from his stale past life, Rimuru embarks on a quest to prove his worth.
- Connor, now torn between his past life and his new one with Jane, decides to stay.
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- The use of these phrases has been on the rise for the past century.
- Modern scholars over the past century have variously favoured both forms.
- Beginning in 1918, the fair has grown considerably over the past century.
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- Sehwag had captained the team for four of the past five years.
- In the past five years Bihar has received only Rs.123.66 Crores in 2000–01, Rs.
- Praveen (Buji) runs a musical orchestra (Saibaba orchestra) for the past five years.
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- Hamels replied, "For the past two years they've been choke artists."
- Associate judges must have been practicing lawyers or judges for the past two years.
- The boys' tennis team placed first in the Jefferson County Tournament in the past two years.
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- In Schiffbek, it lasted till just past noon.
- Leading up to the green is a valley just past a patch of large trees.
- just past this overpass.
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- Black metal also has a fascination with the distant past.
- In the distant past, Gamora talks to Thanos about his mortality.
- It has been compared with the great series of the distant past, such as 1894–95 and 1902.
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- In the past decades, Northeast has developed an artist community.
- In the past decades, the Iranian film industry has produced many war films.
- The infant mortality rate in Estonia has decreased considerably during the past decades.
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- The river Ipoly flows past the Börszöny hills here.
- The River Wharfe flows past the course.
- The Betna river flows past Bagdah.
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- They lived from 6 days up to 44 years past the time of their injection.
- The show took place at the AG Convention center in Monroe as in years past.
- And for many years past they have been arriving by hundreds of thousands annually!
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- The River Nene runs past the village in a series of locks.
- A conveyance channel of the Rio Grande runs past Bernardo.
- At Wellingsbüttel, the Alster runs past Wellingsbüttel Manor.
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- Double hulls have become popular in the past ten years.
- Pata was the fourth Miami football player to die in the past ten years.
- The Senior Habs have won five league championships in the past ten years.
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- Other past events include the two Kodenkan Okugi classes held in Santa Clara, CA.
- Sometimes, she is able to see past events that happened to or around an item or place.
- The word "babad" means 'a story about past events', 'text on the clearing of (the land...)', i.e.
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- As of September 2012, these networks had banned over 1,300 K-pop songs in the past three years alone.
- Colombia's economy has experienced rapid increase over the past three years despite a serious armed conflict.
- “We’ve been paying last year’s bills with this year’s money for the past three years,” Haggman told the Leader-Post.
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- Because of this the standards have varied over the past few decades.
- The album contains numerous hits that he has created over the past few decades.
- China has a high level of economic inequality, which has increased in the past few decades.
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- The work is divided two sections representing past and future.
- An Austrian soon skied closer and they discussed the war, both past and future.
- Trilochan literally means three-eyed, that is, seer of the present, past and future.
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- Inflation has subsided over the past several years.
- For the past several years, there has been medium-term voluntary service available in Israel.
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- Brooklyn starter Carl Erskine did not last past the first.
- As of 2016 they have never progressed past the first round.
- Only 30% to 50% of conceptions progress past the first trimester.
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- Double hulls have become popular in the past ten years.
- Pata was the fourth Miami football player to die in the past ten years.
- The Senior Habs have won five league championships in the past ten years.
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- South Korea forbids people who have had sex within the past one year to donate blood.
- The responsibilities of the Senate Pages have been expanded within the past few years.
- It became the ABC's fifth domestic TV channel and the fourth launched within the past 10 years.
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- Such natural laws are codified as a result of past experiences.
- Aristotle believed that past experiences are hidden within the mind.
- It allows a person to see where there life is at compared to others, based on past experiences.
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- The west end of the aisle continues past the foot of the tower.
- The line continues past the Leipzig-Engelsdorf marshalling yard.
- The Esk continues past the small villages of Boot and Eskdale Green.
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- They manage to bluff their way past him by giving an impromptu routine.
- A picketer was injured after a vehicle forced its way past a picket line.
- Riley leaves into the parking lot but can't find a way past the parking lot's locked gates.
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- Buddhist legends mention stories about Ashoka's past lives.
- The recipients reflect on their past lives while they try to identify the culprit.
- The art at Sanchi also depicts the Jataka narratives of the Buddha in his past lives.
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- Hume would say, all of which he had past experience of.
- Designers also use past experience of materials of similar properties.
- They attained their positions through political influence or past experience in the service.
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- Charles has been educating him on his own past.
- Bong also considered his own past, where he had tutored for a rich family.
- Private Investigator Robert Grahame investigates and comes upon a connection with his own past.
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- She taught well past retirement at the London Film School.
- He eventually applied for French citizenship in the early 1980s, well past the age that exempted him from military service.
- Poor staff work combined with muddy roads and conditions delayed the march, and thus the attack, well past the April 4th target date.
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- The list includes both past and present players.
- An Austrian soon skied closer and they discussed the war, both past and future.
- Despite their past differences, both past and present members of Dance Gavin Dance have since become friends.
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- The batsmen could not get the ball past fieldsmen.
- Goodall latched onto a shot by fellow forward, Tommy Green and swept the ball past Widdowson.
- Later in the half, Parker "sliced" the ball past his own goalkeeper Tommy Allen to put United ahead.
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- The road travels north past Cadamy, turning into a divided highway.
- MS 23 shifts slightly north past Pineville Road, and it ends at the Mississippi–Alabama state line.
- The freeway continues north past Gateway Park, a rest area which is marked by the historic Leduc No.
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- However, they failed to advance past the group stage.
- The team has never been able to advance past the Quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament.
- Yego competed at the 2005 World Championships, but did not advance past 800 metres heats.
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- It has posted profits in each of the past four years.
- Alpha has won the past four years (2015-2018).
- has also had annual summer music festivals for the past four years.
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- Huntley Dent calls it "unique among current and past releases".
- The society also issues awards and advice to current and past medical students.
- Shen and Zhao's current and past sponsors include Nike, VISA, General Electric and Lenovo.
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- Contributions from past and current Illinois faculty include:
- Below is a summary of past and current trophies at the national level.
- Atkins’ notable past and current projects include: Asia Pacific Europe (ex.
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- However he failed to make it past the Grand National first round.
- Brooklyn starter Leon Cadore didn't make it past the first inning.
- Under Sipe, however, the Browns did not make it past the first round of the playoffs.
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- For the past twenty years, he has lived in a small town in upstate New York.
- For the past twenty years she has concentrated on the circumstances of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
- Born in the Serbian city of Zaječar, Stojanović has campaigned for various social issues over the past twenty years.
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- Some got past the police and security, but were expelled.
- Unfortunately however the project never got past the planning stage.
- Hannig dove to save, but the ball got past him and was headed for the open net.
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- The Roadmap found only eight sponsors and did not move past committee.
- Guardian is able to move past his guilt over his role in the Collective incident.
- He would move past Craig Biggio 5 days later for 23rd place all-time with his 3,061st hit.
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- He is the immediate past Vice Chancellor of Nassarawa State University, Keffi, Nassarawa.
- Victor F. Peretomode Victor F. Peretomode is an academian and is the immediate past vice chancellor of Delta State University.
- The immediate past chairman is Prof. Jiang Xu, from the Department of Geography and Resource Management, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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- In the third round, Andreea Panturoiu moved past Orji with a 14.16m.
- At the end of the round Ana Peleteiro moved past Panturoiu with a 14.18m.
- Miami moved past Nebraska and the Longhorns to secure their first National Championship.
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- In Part I, Wood surveys past work on the transition to capitalism.
- Experience" was not as acclaimed as their past work, and received moderate sales.
- Critics noted the similarities with her past work and also compared it to the film "Eyes Wide Shut".
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- However, this never made it past the planning stage.
- Sidewinder made it past the neural shock unit, defeated the S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Kevin Youkilis announced that he would play for the team if they made it past the qualifying round.
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- For the past twenty years, he has lived in a small town in upstate New York.
- For the past twenty years she has concentrated on the circumstances of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
- Born in the Serbian city of Zaječar, Stojanović has campaigned for various social issues over the past twenty years.
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- … Ms. Grande sails above any fray, past or present.
- It is one of a dozen past or present lighthouses in Indiana.
- There is no channel, past or present, named "ITV Wales and West".
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- The station has been a leader in the market for the past three decades.
- Farming-related sales more than quadrupled over the past three decades, from $7.3 billion in 1974 to nearly $31 billion in 2004.
- Buchheit’s "academic papers, books and legal briefs over the past three decades fill much of the void where no formal law exists."
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- She has a dark past when her whole family was massacred, leaving her an orphan.
- Regazzoni got past when Miles missed a gear on lap 6 and Piers Courage passed Miles on lap 12.
- Presently, the condition of the buildings along Song Wat is still the same as in the past when more than 100 years ago.
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- The suit is a joke or parody of cattle drovers past centuries.
- The topography of the land has changed drastically in the past centuries.
- Pucci stavolgendo almost completely urban planning of the past centuries.
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- He was past member and chair of the Applied Mechanics Division of ASME.
- He is a past member of the Kansas International Trade Coordinating Council.
- As a past member of Feeder, Jon was posthumously inducted into the "Kerrang!
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- Other notable members and past members include:
- Notable past members include:
- There have been multiple allegations of child sexual abuse made by past members.
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- "For all past match results of the national team, see the team's results page."
- The CML website holds an archive of all past discussions which is available only to registered members.
- On April 4, 2013, Centric acquired the cable syndication rights to all past and future episodes of "The First Family", along with "Mr.
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- She hopes to atone for past actions by doing so.
- Players have access to seven eras of the game world's history, and past actions affect future events.
- She reminds him that his wife had forgiven him for past actions, and asks that he accept that forgiveness.
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- The girls' volleyball team for Millis has had some success over the past couple years.
- He commented that the song was "not the overwrought dance-R&B that’s flooded radio for the past couple of years.
- "As some of you may know, Gareth has been living in America for the past couple of years, and recently got married.
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- The number 21 appeared when TP went past the number on a wall in graffiti.
- Most of its later developments or variants never went past the prototype stage.
- He went home and never went past the road corner again until he was old enough.
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- After hearing Sandhya’s past, Kuriakose decided to support her and live together.
- In order to meet this request half way an information tablet on Heck’s past was added.
- Bocca says that Sayoko is a “girl who belong to a world of sunlight”, but despite being generally cheerful in disposition, Sayoko’s past is marred by a dark truth.
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- The highway never advanced past the planning stage, and it was ultimately cancelled in the 1970s.
- The French attacked again at and advanced past Toutvent Farm, which lay in Sector S3 in the middle of the bulge in the German front line.
- Mora also appeared in two of "La S"'s group stage matches in the CONCACAF Champions League, as Saprissa advanced past Portland Timbers of MLS and C.D.
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- Sam, a friend of Neville's, tells him about Valerie's past relationship with Carmedon.
- Hope sees the kiss and tells Caroline not to use her past relationship and feelings for Thomas in order to get ahead in the company.
- Tom's suspicions come from Jackie's likeness to Jack, sharing the names John Jacob and knowing of Ruth's past relationship with Jack.
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- One branch from this point headed east past Ravenscourt Park and fed the former moat there.
- It flows east past Covingham and under Merlin Way through the flood marsh and out under the A419 road.
- Route 25 continues east past the village of Whittier to West Ossipee, where it intersects New Hampshire Route 16.
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- After hearing Sandhya’s past, Kuriakose decided to support her and live together.
- In order to meet this request half way an information tablet on Heck’s past was added.
- Bocca says that Sayoko is a “girl who belong to a world of sunlight”, but despite being generally cheerful in disposition, Sayoko’s past is marred by a dark truth.
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- They arrived here this morning at 8:30 [am] o'clock and left twenty minutes past three [PM].
- News Channel updates were usually broadcast at 40 minutes past the hour between 08:00 and 23:00.
- Headlines are usually provided at 15 minutes past the hour with a full bulletin after the bottom-of-the-hour headlines.
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- Leo's criminal past with the Renshaw family is explored in late 2018.
- One ex-dacoit described his own criminal past by claiming that "I was a rebel.
- In the book, Damji claims to have been rehabilitated and put her criminal past behind her.
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- Below is a table with AZ's international results in the past seasons.
- In the past seasons, only couples consisting of a man and a woman were allowed.
- Also, Angels alumni from past seasons threw the ceremonious first pitch at every home game during the 50th Anniversary season.
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- Feng-tian Li is a loner with a dark past.
- She has a dark past when her whole family was massacred, leaving her an orphan.
- To hide her dark past from him, Cara is forced to reinvent herself and changes her name to Paz.
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- Precipitation in the past week rendered play before midday impossible.
- Show typically recaps past week and provides coverage of weekend events.
- Anthony D. Langford from AfterElton stated "I really enjoyed "Neighbours" this past week.
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- Miscellaneous items related to Jerome's past history are also listed.
- Durgesh acts as a go-between and Vinavati's maid, Rekha, tells of her past history.
- In Hutton's words: "the past history of our globe must be explained by what can be seen to be happening now."
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- The past winners are:
- He was retired from duty in 1995, although he regularly took part in parades of past winners before the running of the Melbourne Cup.
- In 2018, to commemorate the ten years since his passing, Belgrade Fashion Week held a special show in his honour where past winners of his namesake award presented their clothing lines.
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- Tenses were present and past.
- A system is causal if the output depends only on present and past, but not future inputs.
- They inflect for the present and past tense and the imperative, subjunctive, and indicative mood.
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- The second chorus again shows a crowd of people running past the band.
- After an unexpected kiss, they rush to escape, running past the attacking mealworm assassin.
- SR 71 leaves the ridge at Dorton Fort and enters the valley formed by Copper Creek, running past Nickelsville.
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- In this alternate future he was able to steal the speed of others, a power he used on his past self.
- Becky frantically makes a phone call, pleading for her past self to prevent Cal from hurting Travis.
- He spent all his time and money on one thing: creating the cyborg girl to save his past self about 60 years ago.
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- This Senate seat was unfavorable to incumbents over the past several decades.
- The devastation caused by the snake has been significant over the past several decades.
- The rate of global warming during the past several decades has been about 0.18°C per decade".
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- The line ran past the former 1939 border, and approximately from Leningrad.
- Naval forces under Farragut ran past Confederate defenses south of New Orleans.
- Shows sometimes ran past midnight, and the Rolling Stones' performance lasted about 75 minutes.
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- It flows south past Cloverdale, Asti, and Geyserville.
- The route starts at Route 635 in Lake George where it travels south past Lake George.
- Heading south past the ferry, the famed Alice Austen House and historic Fort Wadsworth still stand today.
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- A list of past honorary degree recipients, include:
- This is a list of past presidents of the Psychometric Society.
- List of Red Warszawa band members This is a list of past and present Red Warszawa band members.
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- These did not progress past a single freshman class.
- Only 30% to 50% of conceptions progress past the first trimester.
- In order for play to progress past a barricade, the barricade must be captured by a pawn.
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- PA 926 runs past more farms and reaches a junction with PA 41.
- From this point, the road continues past more residences, intersecting CR 608.
- There were in the past more than 30,000 head in the hills and coastal zone of the province.