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The intention is to get the ball into a dangerous area as quickly as possible — a tactic that has come in and out of fashion but is as old as the hills.
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Nick Miller, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
Instead of something new and better happening in the economy, something as old as the hills manifested; The richest people got even richer, and the poor got poorer.
—Simon Constable, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2024
The former depended on a genre structure as old as the hills; the latter seemed older than that, using ritual strategies that probably predate the use of fire.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2022
That’s how countries try to export their tax burden, a game as old as the hills.
—Robert Goulder, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
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Nick Miller, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
Instead of something new and better happening in the economy, something as old as the hills manifested; The richest people got even richer, and the poor got poorer.
—Simon Constable, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2024
The former depended on a genre structure as old as the hills; the latter seemed older than that, using ritual strategies that probably predate the use of fire.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2022
That’s how countries try to export their tax burden, a game as old as the hills.
—Robert Goulder, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
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“As old as the hills.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/as%20old%20as%20the%20hills. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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