The phrase "ago reported" is not correct and does not make sense in written English.
It seems to be a combination of two separate ideas that do not logically fit together.
Example: "The incident was reported last week."
Alternatives: "previously reported" or "reported earlier".
"The great shout that went up drowned out the whistles for a minute," The Times of a century ago reported.
Mr. Blyden and Ms. Haney, who both died years ago, reported seeing apparitions in Colonial dress who would either vanish through walls or dissolve before their eyes.
The upmarket department store group, founded 308 years ago, reported sales up 19% to £88m for the year to the end of July.
Subjects who recalled an honorable act done long ago reported more willingness to do volunteer work than those who recalled a shameful one.
John Mazzella, whose father had Ms. Ellwanger as a teacher years ago, reported, "He said she taught really good, but when she put her hands up, everyone would be quiet, or else they knew what would happen".
A posse chasing some Mau Maus through the wilds of Kenya a couple of years ago reported that it had flushed no Mau Maus but had come upon a Coca-Cola sign.
It's one of the lessons I learned long ago, reporting in the post-Communist environment in Russia and Eastern Europe.
Mr. Gofberg posted a note on YouTube about 5 minutes ago reporting that "The bridge is still there, but its in BAD shape.
A couple of years ago, reporting from San Francisco, I noted an erosion of public meaning which seemed to be getting in the way of civic progress.
"Neanderthals lived in Kermanshah caves 85,000 to 40,000 years ago," reports the Iranian Centre for Archaeology and Bordeaux University, after an excavation project headed by Biglari.
There is evidence of great variability in sea ice in the Arctic from historical records and old newspaper cuttings from decades ago reporting the disappearance of the ice.
