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sooner or later



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He adds, "Moreover, sooner or later, there may be another coronavirus pandemic, which means we need to learn all the lessons we can from COVID-19 to be better prepared."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

“I knew that sooner or later, it would happen to me,” Carlos said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

As the years went by, it became more or less evident that sooner or later I would be asked to do this job.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

“If you believed in Divine Providence, as most Americans did,” the author writes, “you knew that slavery, sooner or later, was going to tear America apart.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

And knowing Pita’s loose tongue, Mamá was bound to find out sooner or later.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall


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