ante meridiem

Joseph LaRocca says some companies are upping the ante in terms of fending off return fraudsters.

The second upped the ante, taking aim at “cray,” “jelly,” “literally,” “teehee,” and “totes.”

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Hoenig, apparently wanting to continue being booked on Fox News, felt the need to up the anti-Muslim ante.

You can up the ante even more by signing a contract agreeing to pay a pal $20 every time you skip Pilates.

Cert ante hoc tempus vix vnquam Gallis vacatum fuit conuertdis incolarum ad Christum animis.

Nam Sacerdos ille, qui huc ante nos aduenerat, nostro statim adutu in Galliam sua ipse sponte & pro veteri desiderio remigrauit.

So Virgil, "Solemnes tum forte dapes et tristia dona ante urbem in luco," &c.

Her style was a great contrast to the earlier hero-worshiping and glorification of ante-bellum days in Virginia.

It is difficult to get accustomed to the spending of our lives in ante-chambers, courtyards, or on staircases.