Possible Clues:

• In the last little while
• Old accommodation beginning to erode recently
• Recently dead, buried in old earth
• Recently popped up in metal foundry …
• Recently, one into monastic life got following for bishop
• One losing heart, dejected inside, recently
• Recently defeated, crushed by online extremists?
• In the past few days
• Recently, Zoe defaced nursing uniform
• Recently Oscar got deflated by egghead