before the coming
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And Abbott directed the state to begin a review of security at all Texas schools before the coming academic year.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2022
Even before the coming of the Dust Bowl, however, there was trouble on the frontier.
From Salon • Oct. 9, 2021
That “Desert Notebooks” was written before the coming of Covid-19 only makes it feel more, rather than less, timely.
From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2020
University administrators began working with Curry’s representatives to figure out what it would take to sponsor a team and whether it was possible to get things in place before the coming fall semester.
From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2019
It was said that the children of the forest had carved the faces in the trees during the dawn centuries before the coming of the First Men across the narrow sea.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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