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sooner or later, the police are going to track down the burglar
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There is not an American President—Bill Clinton, George H. W. or George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, or Donald Trump—who has dealt with Netanyahu and not, sooner or later, come away with a lingering sense of resentment.
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David Remnick, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
In any case, most scouts agree that sooner or later the Mets are going to have to keep Mauricio in the lineup every day.
—Bill Madden, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025
As for his bats, the Giants need those to dethrone the rival Dodgers, sooner or later.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
For decades, soldiers stationed on the island waited for such an attack, scanning the horizon, listening for the submarine that sooner or later would emerge from the depths of the Adriatic.
—Marzio Mian, The Dial, 12 June 2025
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David Remnick, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
In any case, most scouts agree that sooner or later the Mets are going to have to keep Mauricio in the lineup every day.
—Bill Madden, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025
As for his bats, the Giants need those to dethrone the rival Dodgers, sooner or later.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
For decades, soldiers stationed on the island waited for such an attack, scanning the horizon, listening for the submarine that sooner or later would emerge from the depths of the Adriatic.
—Marzio Mian, The Dial, 12 June 2025
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“Sooner or later.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sooner%20or%20later. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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