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"This was their pre-emptive to stall a possible military operation," Mr. Khan said afterward.

"As such it is pre-emptive to make an announcement before the IAAF Exco has considered the matter.

Certainly it feels pre-emptive to come to any conclusions without seeing how these concerts fit with the rest of the programme.

"Since you cannot defend everywhere at all times against every conceivable terrorist tactic, you have no choice, but in your own self-defense, to be pre-emptive, to go after the terrorists where they are," Mr. Rumsfeld said today.

While it may be a little pre-emptive to claim that summer is on its way, what is certain is that exam season is lurking just around the corner.

It seems pre-emptive to so keenly anticipate the coming of a magazine that is yet to hit printing presses, but if Spare Rib can emulate the thriving diversity of feminism online – interactive, creating debates, democratising the creation of content – it will have a bright future.

Nothing about the above looks very pre-emptive to me.

Now "reputation" is being opened to corporations, who, through their lawyers, have been able to persuade judges to agree pre-emptive injunctions to protect their brands.

On Monday, however, Citigroup announced a pre-emptive campaign to talk to people before they fall behind on their payments.

Are the banks going to take pre-emptive measures to stop #BOE FPC from getting tough?

They are entitled to a pre-emptive strike, to prevent themselves suffering a beating.