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Car swaps went away a long time ago, but when the series gets back to racing next month in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the mid-race pit stop will be back.
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Ars Technica, 23 Jan. 2025
That’s funny because that was taken down a long time ago.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 21 Jan. 2025
There are some pieces to work with, but that playoff run in the 2022 season feels like a long time ago.
—Mike Jones, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Once one of the kingdom’s most successful and compelling automotive exports, MG is best known to Americans today, if at all, as the maker of several popular sports-car models sold in this country a long time ago—between 1947 and 1980, to be precise.
—Jamie Kitman, airmail.news, 14 Dec. 2024
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Ars Technica, 23 Jan. 2025
That’s funny because that was taken down a long time ago.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 21 Jan. 2025
There are some pieces to work with, but that playoff run in the 2022 season feels like a long time ago.
—Mike Jones, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
Once one of the kingdom’s most successful and compelling automotive exports, MG is best known to Americans today, if at all, as the maker of several popular sports-car models sold in this country a long time ago—between 1947 and 1980, to be precise.
—Jamie Kitman, airmail.news, 14 Dec. 2024
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“A long time ago.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20long%20time%20ago. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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