precedes
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“Badlands,” where Springsteen exhorts, “talk about a dream, try to make it real,” comes after “Tom Joad” as a counterbalance to the tale of hope and despair that precedes it.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
Actually, he precedes that assessment with an expletive when considering the label in relation to England’s 2006 World Cup team.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
If that was the Fed’s goal, it could create a higher risk of deflation, which typically precedes an economic downturn.
From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026
It dug into the fraud that purportedly precedes the fleecing of U.S. antipoverty programs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
My wife drove us to the airport in Manchester, through blowing snow, in the kind of awkward silence that precedes a long separation.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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