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the painters ought to be done before long
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Middleton said crews usually buy personal toiletries and snacks before long trips.
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Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
Other automakers dismissed the car as a curiosity, but the Prius was a hit, and before long G.M., Ford and others developed their own hybrids.
—Neal E. Boudette, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
The couple tended to the flowers over the next few weeks, and before long, green shoots began to sprout, followed by budding flowers.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
Soltani hopes the impasse will end before long and said the challenge will be creating a safe space for differing perspectives while providing context for a conflict that has raged off and on for seven decades.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
But before long the word acquired a secondary meaning, designating a rupture that renders everything utterly different.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Louis and Peggy were married, and before long were living on Long Island with two little girls, first Cinthea, and then Candice, born in 1950.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
The Dodgers are hoping that, before long, Ohtani will start doing the same against opposing arms in actual games.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2024
Fast-fashion chains like Zara and H&M peddled unisex pantomimes of these skinny upmarket styles, and before long, so did mass-retail behemoths like Old Navy and Target, signaling and consolidating small pants’ grip on the zeitgeist.
—Jonah Weiner, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2024
Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
Other automakers dismissed the car as a curiosity, but the Prius was a hit, and before long G.M., Ford and others developed their own hybrids.
—Neal E. Boudette, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
The couple tended to the flowers over the next few weeks, and before long, green shoots began to sprout, followed by budding flowers.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
Soltani hopes the impasse will end before long and said the challenge will be creating a safe space for differing perspectives while providing context for a conflict that has raged off and on for seven decades.
—Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
But before long the word acquired a secondary meaning, designating a rupture that renders everything utterly different.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Louis and Peggy were married, and before long were living on Long Island with two little girls, first Cinthea, and then Candice, born in 1950.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
The Dodgers are hoping that, before long, Ohtani will start doing the same against opposing arms in actual games.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2024
Fast-fashion chains like Zara and H&M peddled unisex pantomimes of these skinny upmarket styles, and before long, so did mass-retail behemoths like Old Navy and Target, signaling and consolidating small pants’ grip on the zeitgeist.
—Jonah Weiner, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2024
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“Before long.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/before%20long. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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