"The common thought until very recently was that this is a disease only of wealthy women and wealthy countries."

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

You can see that in all these countries real estate prices didn't show much trend until recently and now they all have real estate booms.

由图表中可见,这三个国家的,地产价格一直没有明显趋势,只是近年来才出现繁荣

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The incident severely strained the bond between Turkey and Israel, which until recently had enjoyed relatively warm relations.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

The two countries have, until recently, had close political and military ties and Turkey was widely seen as Israel's only friend in the region.

VOA: standard.2010.06.03

Israel and Turkey were until recently close allies both on a military and political level, but since the Israeli attack on Gaza last year, relations have rapidly deteriorated.

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

"China has reduced extreme poverty through economic growth, but until very recently has overlooked the growing inequalities in health and health determinants like access to clean air,water, and sanitation."

VOA: standard.2010.04.07