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Kirk's family has previously accused the university of serious security failures and has filed a wrongful-death notice, a step that can precede legal action.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

If completed, the new round would precede the company’s highly anticipated initial public offering, now expected next year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Kroenke has not done the usual due diligence that would precede a sale — meeting with team management and touring the stadium — and has not introduced himself to officials from the city of Anaheim.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

For investors, the comparison may help shed some light on whether the turmoil in AI stocks signals the end of the boom or a temporary disruption that could precede another surge.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

A certain sleepiness seemed to precede the battle, a quality of haze, of unreality, of dust in the air, dust in the haze.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

World number one Henry Patten will team up with new US Open champion Neal Skupski for Sunday's doubles, which precedes two reverse singles.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Researchers do not yet know whether deterioration of superficial white matter begins before gray matter loss, develops alongside it, or precedes measurable cognitive decline.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026

Doing so guarantees that at least one of his plate appearances will be with the bases empty and probably more since the bottom of the order precedes him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Investors should care about this because active M&A volume frequently precedes major bear markets.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

This idea long precedes the legal claim to authorial copyright, which did not exist in British law until 1710, and was established later elsewhere.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The council’s decision — which was preceded by several fiery comments from members of the public who oppose the use of license plate readers — sends the contract back to the Police Commission for reconsideration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The Euros with Spain came and the Ballon d'Or followed, along with the World Cup title and MVP award that preceded his move to Barcelona this summer.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

In a letter, lawyers for Aktor said Guilfoyle wasn’t improperly promoting Aktor’s commercial interests and that the company’s involvement in the vertical corridor preceded “any contacts” with the ambassador.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Back at the Cleveland Fed, researchers focused on the yield-curve indicator point out that inversions preceded each of the past nine U.S. recessions, including the most recent one in March 2020.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

“Is that Noise I hear?” says a loud voice, preceded by its own Noise thru a door opening itself at the foot of the bed.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

Better sleep during the preceding night was also linked to improved next day well-being.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Some self-styled guardians of journalism think I should include a paragraph like the preceding one in every article I write.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The list of crime-solving couples on page and screen is long, but Tommy and Tuppence are arguably the first, preceding Nick and Nora Charles by more than a decade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Over the past four years, central banks have accumulated an annual average of 1,000 tonnes of gold, up significantly from the 500 tonnes average over the preceding decade, according to the World Gold Council.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Take the second sentence in the preceding paragraph, in which I switched from herons to birds.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker