just before
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All items in the table should be checked just before the earnings are announced, for that would be the time to buy the straddles or strangles if they do satisfy the “count” requirement.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
But this is still more than double the number just before the pandemic.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
Analysts, including Blake Anderson, found that the K-shaped sentiment had been easing, from around Christmas through February, just before the start of the war.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
The Sandy fire in Ventura County began just before 11 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
She was about to say, In the play I was in, catching the admission just before it slipped past her tongue.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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