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the painters ought to be done before long
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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.
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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
The performance, of course, was a hit, and before long, the British rock ‘n’ roll invasion had begun.
—Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024
No doubt, before long the Twins will have a bronze statue of Mauer erected at Target Field.
—Charley Walters, Twin Cities, 27 Jan. 2024
Men with business in Asia bought it for their wives and, before long, everyone who was anyone had to have it.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 27 Jan. 2024
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
The performance, of course, was a hit, and before long, the British rock ‘n’ roll invasion had begun.
—Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024
No doubt, before long the Twins will have a bronze statue of Mauer erected at Target Field.
—Charley Walters, Twin Cities, 27 Jan. 2024
Men with business in Asia bought it for their wives and, before long, everyone who was anyone had to have it.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 27 Jan. 2024
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“Before long.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/before%20long. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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