just before
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Then, from just before 7:30 a.m. that morning to about 1:45 p.m. on Jan. 30, it stopped transmitting its location, a common tactic used by shadow-fleet tankers to obscure their activities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Rescue teams responded to the crash just before 1 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The second of the two 706-megawatt reactors at Cernavodă was disconnected from the Romanian electricity grid just before midday on Thursday.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
But the phenomenon is fleeting: for observers in Spain, the total eclipse will last less than two minutes just before sunset.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Papa had left just before Purim, which was normally Mama’s favorite holiday, but she had barely acknowledged it that year.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
