eve
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Subtitled “An Almost History of America” and arriving on the eve of the nation’s semiquincentennial, this seven-episode sketch comedy comes from Larry David, television’s great luckless crank, and Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
I assume you didn’t wait to start thinking about it until the eve of your 70th.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
Sarah “Sally” Snyder, a young, struggling actress, was found dead in a New York City apartment on the eve of her 22nd birthday, about two weeks before Christmas 1973.
From Slate • May 5, 2026
But on the eve of the trip, Lai’s office said it had been forced to postpone.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
“We are. On the twenty-third of June, the eve of the Feast of the Saint John the Baptist.”
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
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