just before
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But the exchange’s new computer system stumbled on its first day, failing just before the market opened and remaining unusable to traders for about an hour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Bel, who graduated from Springfield High in May, had been fitted with an ankle monitor just before his freshman year of college.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
He was captured wearing a dark hat and dark clothing as he walked along Barford Street just before the murder.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Though the delay from RTO is often only a day, mail can be delayed longer if it’s deposited in a mailbox after the daily pickup time, or just before Sunday or a holiday.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 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
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