immediately prior
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These seizures lasted less than 60 seconds and occurred within 30 minutes immediately prior to each child's death, say the study authors.
From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024
But in the moments immediately prior, Cameron Dicker was just busy.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2022
The researchers from Cedars-Sinai Hospital looked at blood samples submitted by 2,479 healthcare workers and patients during the period immediately prior to and during the initial omicron surge.
From Salon • Aug. 19, 2022
This perception helps explain why support for independence is now three points above the 50% level at which it stood immediately prior to the first lockdown last March.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2021
In Vilna, however, it has been discovered that, immediately prior to the war, he had established friendly relations with Elise Isembourg, who was an agent of Germany and a friend of Miassoyedeff.
From The Minister of Evil The Secret History of Rasputin's Betrayal of Russia by Le Queux, William