"blast from the past" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1981 May 9, Bill Lyon, “An Old Warhorse Still Has His Dream”, in The Evening Independent",
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          "ref": "1996 August 31, “Mr. Clinton's Bridge”, in The New York Times",
          "text": "In the process, he managed to make the Republican tax cut sound like a blast from the past.",
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          "ref": "2002, Hillary Frank, Better Than Running at Night, page 227",
          "text": "\"Ellie!\" he shouted. \"What a blast from the past! This is just like old times, when you used to walk in that very door!\"",
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          "ref": "2009 September 6, Jeff E. Schapiro, “Thesis fracas may not give Deeds the boost he needs”, in Richmond Times-Dispatch, archived from the original on 2009-09-08",
          "text": "But their early celebration was interrupted by a blast from the past: gubernatorial nominee Bob McDonnell's controversial 1989 graduate-school thesis (...)",
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        "(colloquial, idiomatic) Something or someone that a person has not seen for a long time that evokes nostalgic feelings."
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          "word": "golden oldie"
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          "sense": "something long unseen evoking nostalgic feelings",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "madeleine de Proust"
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          "sense": "something long unseen evoking nostalgic feelings",
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        "feminine"
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      "word": "madeleine de Proust"
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      "word": "fortíðaþruma"
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