Ex-
Long ago
Long ago adverb - Of the distant or comparatively distant past.
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- By the time he's a middle aged adult on the show, he is obese, balding, hygienically a slob, and pines for the mentally-abusive ex-wife who left him long ago, interestingly named Lenore.
Source: Formerly Fit -
Foreshadowing — Not long after Taizo tells Sakura she looks like his ex-girlfriend, who he lost long ago, she and her brothers find out he is her long-lost biological father.
Source: Manga / Me And My Brothers -
In an episode of 7th Heaven, Mary and Lucy are still holding onto the engagement rings from their ex-boyfriends, while a subplot involves Ruthie's teacher telling her about how she gave back the ring from her ex not long ago.
Source: Returning the Wedding Ring
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