How to Use go before in a Sentence

go before

phrase
  • Why not stand on the shoulders of those who have gone before you?
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 20 May 2025
  • Check towels to make sure stains are fully gone before drying them.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Should an agreement be reached, the bill could go before both chambers for a final vote as early as Tuesday.
    — Samuel Petrequin, Fortune, 20 July 2026
  • This World Cup, like many that have gone before it, has been an incredible success.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • Now the matter will go before the entire Senate, where the vote would be subject to the filibuster.
    — Daniel Payne, STAT, 6 Aug. 2026
  • It’s been 60 years since Star Trek first allowed viewers to boldly go where no one has gone before.
    — Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Under the old policy, appeals went before the library system's board.
    — Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2026
  • He was supposed to go before a judge in late July but the hearing was postponed until at least late August, records show.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The rezoning decision should go before City Council next month.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The permits will eventually go before a city hearing officer for a decision, although no date has been set.
    — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Buckley said Simon will likely go before a review board that will evaluate his actions surrounding the crash.
    — James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Their case went before a district judge on Tuesday and could determine the future of the medical frailty exemption in over two dozen states.
    — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 30 July 2026
  • Ensure the stain is fully gone before drying—once heat sets it in, removal becomes significantly harder.
    — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 1 July 2026
  • The hotel offers complimentary coffee and granola in the mornings—an easy grab-and-go before heading into the park.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026
  • When the project went before the council last year, Roger Dickinson, who represents the area, said several neighbors had concerns.
    — Theresa Clift july 23, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026
  • In April 2018, the island’s drug crisis went before Brun and the County Council.
    — Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Horner pleaded guilty to murdering the first-grader in April, but still went before a jury to determine if he should be sentenced to death, which the jury signed off on in May.
    — Ben Brachfeld, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
  • At each meeting, dozens of pieces of legislation go before the council — some high-profile, others just to keep the lights on at City Hall (literally).
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
  • Orndorff’s allegations went before the AAU’s Board of Review a month later.
    — Molly Hensley-Clancy, ProPublica, 13 Aug. 2026
  • My problem is the kart path along the road has 3 or so feet of grass between it and the road, then suddenly the grass narrows and is eventually gone before going over the bridge and everything is squeezed together.
    — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026
  • Glasner — like the four managers who went before him last season — has spoken positively about the quality James McAtee has shown on the training ground.
    — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • Abdul Ahad Momand went where no Afghan had gone before — or has gone since — making Pashto the fourth language ever spoken beyond Earth.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • As the primary draws closer without any gubernatorial candidates tossed from the ballot, a far-reaching property tax cut proposal set to go before voters later this year had a day in court this week.
    — Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
  • The request would then go before the Huntersville Planning Board for a recommendation and later to the Town Board for a final decision.
    — Joe Marusak august 5, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Rather, the department outlines a checklist developers must complete to get a stamp of recommendation from city staffers before going before the Commission.
    — Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 July 2026
  • The expansion will go before the Yolo County Planning Commission at a special meeting Thursday.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
  • The case went before the Supreme Court, which ruled that presidents enjoy sweeping immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts.
    — ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The referendum going before Miami voters on Tuesday would allow the city to enter into a management agreement.
    — David Fischer, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The budget is crafted under the assumption that a referendum going before Miami-Dade residents to keep a property tax for schools passes.
    — Austin Horn august 3, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The administration tried to get rid of birthright citizenship in a case that went before the Supreme Court, but the nation’s top justices ruled 6-3 against the White House.
    — Michael Loria, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

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