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the painters ought to be done before long
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Nangaa assured me that the war would be won before long.
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Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
That solution held sway until Fox was pushed into the rotation in 2018; before long, nobody on the linear TV side had much use for the Thursday games, and the NFL sold the package to Amazon.
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But before long, Ben’s parents return with threats and manipulation, throwing the new life Ben has built into question.
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Mehdiyev was taken into custody, and before long the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was demanding return of its money.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
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Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
That solution held sway until Fox was pushed into the rotation in 2018; before long, nobody on the linear TV side had much use for the Thursday games, and the NFL sold the package to Amazon.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 21 Nov. 2025
But before long, Ben’s parents return with threats and manipulation, throwing the new life Ben has built into question.
—Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
Mehdiyev was taken into custody, and before long the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was demanding return of its money.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 31 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for before long
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“Before long.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/before%20long. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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