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The Patriots won that game in overtime after trailing 28–3 in the second half, a comeback that allowed New Englanders to achieve levels of insufferable self-importance unapproached since the late 1700s.

From Slate • Feb. 1, 2019

Miss Dunham has a well-nigh unapproached knowledge of the exotic dances of the West Indies and the Caribbean, which she has recreated in forms of her own.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has produced a body of writing whose size and consistent high quality are unapproached by the work of any American writer near his age, except Norman Mailer.

From Time Magazine Archive

His look suggested one who has been drilled in dreadful arcanums of pain, unapproached by ordinary men.

From She Buildeth Her House by Comfort, William Wistar

The quadrants and circles of Bird, Cary and Ramsden were unapproached abroad.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)