just before
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Earlier studies had interpreted the marks as evidence of wormlike creatures or other tiny marine animals moving through seafloor sediment during the Ediacaran period, which came just before the Cambrian explosion.
From Science Daily • May 12, 2026
The crash happened just before 8 p.m. in Pinon Hills at Palmdale Road near Minero Road.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
England lost Beckham to injury just before half-time and Rooney was sent off after 62 minutes for a stamp on defender Ricardo Carvalho.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
"Three days under surveillance, that doesn't bother us at all," one passenger, Roland Seitre, said just before taking off from Tenerife earlier Sunday.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
She dropped down in the garden, like a leaf tumbling off the oak tree of life, just before I was supposed to meet you at Listening Rock.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
