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the painters ought to be done before long
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The mixture of immediate throttle response and outrageous top-end power is utterly addictive, so much so that those drivers lacking in personal restraint may find themselves in literal restraints before long.
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ArsTechnica, 27 Oct. 2025
Students embraced the joke, and before long, every game began with hundreds of tortillas soaring into the night sky as the whistle blew for kickoff.
—Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
The Western quoll became an endangered species, and before long, the animals were staring at the possibility of extinction.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
And before long the book was mostly completely new material.
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ArsTechnica, 27 Oct. 2025
Students embraced the joke, and before long, every game began with hundreds of tortillas soaring into the night sky as the whistle blew for kickoff.
—Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
The Western quoll became an endangered species, and before long, the animals were staring at the possibility of extinction.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
And before long the book was mostly completely new material.
—Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 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 5 Nov. 2025.
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