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The environmental studies will take place over the next couple years, preceding a final decision by SANDAG on which route to choose.
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Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
An offseason lockout, which occurred in 2021 during the negotiations that preceded the current five-year Basic Agreement, is preferable to losing games in season as baseball did during player strikes that tore apart the 1981 and 1994-95 seasons.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 1 Mar. 2025
Neither side had signed preliminary paperwork that typically precedes an economic agreement of this scale.
—Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2025
Recent research indicates that other outside encounters with the ruins preceded even Lizárraga.
—Hannah Edgar, ARTnews.com, 24 Feb. 2025
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Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
An offseason lockout, which occurred in 2021 during the negotiations that preceded the current five-year Basic Agreement, is preferable to losing games in season as baseball did during player strikes that tore apart the 1981 and 1994-95 seasons.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 1 Mar. 2025
Neither side had signed preliminary paperwork that typically precedes an economic agreement of this scale.
—Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2025
Recent research indicates that other outside encounters with the ruins preceded even Lizárraga.
—Hannah Edgar, ARTnews.com, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Precede.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precede. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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