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sooner or later, the police are going to track down the burglar
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The latter tends, sooner or later, to boomerang back into the United States.
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Will Freeman, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2025
The problem is that, sooner or later, an unending war can give the impression, if not of defeat, then of stagnation.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2025
And then, sooner or later, the whole truth will come out.
—Zach Harper, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
And then sooner or later, the whole truth will come out.
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Will Freeman, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2025
The problem is that, sooner or later, an unending war can give the impression, if not of defeat, then of stagnation.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2025
And then, sooner or later, the whole truth will come out.
—Zach Harper, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
And then sooner or later, the whole truth will come out.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Sooner or later.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sooner%20or%20later. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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