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sooner or later, the police are going to track down the burglar
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The law of the goal scorer’s averages said Morgan Geekie had to hit an iceberg sooner or later.
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Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
Point is, the Pacifica is going to need to go in this direction sooner or later, and Stellantis’ partner appears to have an enticing product now.
—Adam Ismail, The Drive, 7 Jan. 2026
The expectation around the industry continues to be that, sooner or later, Preller will trade from his major-league roster.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Japan carried a vast public debt, and so the thinking was that interest rates just had to rise sooner or later to lure in enough buyers.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
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Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
Point is, the Pacifica is going to need to go in this direction sooner or later, and Stellantis’ partner appears to have an enticing product now.
—Adam Ismail, The Drive, 7 Jan. 2026
The expectation around the industry continues to be that, sooner or later, Preller will trade from his major-league roster.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
Japan carried a vast public debt, and so the thinking was that interest rates just had to rise sooner or later to lure in enough buyers.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
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“Sooner or later.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sooner%20or%20later. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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