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Idioms and Phrases

Just prior to, as in On the eve of the conference the main speaker backed out . This expression uses eve , literally “the night before,” more loosely. [Late 1700s]
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The incident happened on the eve of the Walpurgis spring festival, which brings large crowds onto the streets of Uppsala, which is located north of the capital Stockholm, and known for its university.

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Early in their conversation, then-director of the New York nonprofit, Eugene Hernandez, asked Coogler how he felt on the eve of his first film opening nationwide.

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“Sinners” is exactly the kind of dialogue-starter that Coogler hoped for on the eve of his first film debut: an entirely original movie that has put people in theater seats and shattered records in an age of never-ending remakes and reboots.

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First lady Melania Trump also launched a cryptocurrency on the eve of the inauguration.

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"On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, when we say 'Never Again,' an Israeli citizen cries out for help from Hamas' tunnels. It is a moral failure for the State of Israel," his family said in a statement.

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