just before
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The break-in happened just before Beyoncé launched the four-night leg of her Cowboy Carter tour at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
With foreign carriers prohibited from flying domestic U.S. routes, domestic fares have been kept artificially high even while load factors approached 85% just before the Iran war.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Earlier studies had interpreted the marks as evidence of wormlike creatures or other tiny marine animals moving through seafloor sediment during the Ediacaran period, which came just before the Cambrian explosion.
From Science Daily • May 12, 2026
"Three days under surveillance, that doesn't bother us at all," one passenger, Roland Seitre, said just before taking off from Tenerife earlier Sunday.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
It was a Wednesday afternoon in September, just before Labor Day weekend.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
