short while ago
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Japan earlier said a suspected "ballistic missile launched by North Korea a short while ago has already fallen", according to an X post from the prime minister's office.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Hamas is said to have received the proposal a short while ago, and said to be studying it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2025
A short while ago we heard from Andrew Davies who was on the Singapore Airlines flight - he has sent us an image from inside Bangkok Airport where passengers are being kept.
From BBC ● May 21, 2024
“A short while ago, a good friend of mine just passed away — Scott Hall,” Hulk Hogan said Monday night.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 15, 2022
The old woman he’d entrusted Koffi to a short while ago was still wearing the modest black tunic she’d had on before, but she was no longer old.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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