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Example Sentences
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Coventry had been stranded on 99 Premier League wins for over a quarter of a century before this victory ticked them over to three figures at long last.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
We need to get him out the door before this merger becomes official.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Scientists had previously predicted an in-plane anomalous Hall effect in theory, but no experiment had successfully demonstrated it before this work.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Long before this sort of content became a social media phenomenon, programmes such as Britain's Biggest Hoarders, The Hoarder Next Door and Hoarder SOS were attracting audiences on television.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
We never knew whether these people had been spirited away by the Gestapo or gone into hiding before this could happen.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
