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In the four years previous to that Flamengo and Palmeiras dominated South American football winning two titles each.
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Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Nine years previous to that, his Ghanaian parents Maria and Felix travelled overland, across the Sahara desert to the Spanish enclave of Melilla in north Africa, when Maria was pregnant with her first son Inaki (as the elder Williams sibling told The Athletic in an interview in 2022).
—Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 4 July 2024
The other alleged incident happened previous to the plaintiff’s full-time employment with Ye’s operations, which started in 2021.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
Chris Smither has been a longtime favorite of the EC-CHAP family, according to the organization’s assistant director, Ryan Elgin, who noted that efforts to schedule Smither began previous to the pandemic.
—Melanie Savage, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2024
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Joseph O'Sullivan, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Nine years previous to that, his Ghanaian parents Maria and Felix travelled overland, across the Sahara desert to the Spanish enclave of Melilla in north Africa, when Maria was pregnant with her first son Inaki (as the elder Williams sibling told The Athletic in an interview in 2022).
—Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 4 July 2024
The other alleged incident happened previous to the plaintiff’s full-time employment with Ye’s operations, which started in 2021.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
Chris Smither has been a longtime favorite of the EC-CHAP family, according to the organization’s assistant director, Ryan Elgin, who noted that efforts to schedule Smither began previous to the pandemic.
—Melanie Savage, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for previous to
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The number of immigrants in ICE detention centers climbed this month to more than 43,000, the highest total since before the COVID pandemic during the first Trump administration.—
Joel Rose,
NPR,
1 Mar. 2025
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The leaders were working on a deal on critical minerals before the blowup.—
Molly Nagle,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2025
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The show, for the first time, was available for a livestream via Hulu, though the broadcast had some major technical issues and cut out early for many viewers, prior to the announcement of both Best Actress and Best Picture.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
4 Mar. 2025
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Within the roughly one-minute teaser, the network dropped a quick preview of clips from The Bear, which was renewed for a fourth season prior to the season three premiere in June 2024.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
4 Mar. 2025
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Iran’s nuclear facilities are now exposed to attack, after Israel destroyed almost all of the air defenses protecting them in October.—
David E. Sanger,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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Erik Johnson, who played 13 seasons for the Colorado Avalanche and still maintains a home in the Denver area, was traded back to his former club for forward and tough guy Givani Smith, who will be reassigned to the Phantoms.—
Kevin Kurz,
The Athletic,
8 Mar. 2025
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