“Symptoms of the common cold usually precede onset.”

“He let her precede him through the gate.”

“So in what I hope will become an annual tradition, I will precede any prospect list with a look back at the finds of the draft.”

“During range expansions, a lag phase often precedes rapid population growth.”

“The ruling principle is that fear of sin precedes love of God, which leads to repentance.”

“Another variable related to set names or actions is whether the number quantifying a set precedes or follows it.”

“Malevich was represented by iconic Suprematist abstractions and by less familiar works that preceded and followed his brief zenith.”

“This was immediately preceded by US Secretary of State Colin Powell's whistle-stop tour of Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria.”

“Attempting to apprise the mob of Louis-Philippe's abdication, an elderly marshal on a white horse preceded by a trumpeter went unheard.”