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"without any prior warning" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
You can use this phrase to describe a situation in which something happens unexpectedly or without any advance notice. It can convey a sense of surprise, suddenness, or lack of preparation. Example: The company suddenly laid off 100 employees without any prior warning, leaving them shocked and uncertain about their future. In this example, the phrase "without any prior warning" emphasizes the suddenness and lack of preparation for the layoff. It suggests that the affected employees were not given any notice or indication that their jobs were at risk.
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Islamic Relief, which is funded by the Department for International Development, had one of its accounts closed by HSBC without any prior warning.
The fact it was carried out without any prior warning to Pakistan's government or military, for fear of leaks, has angered ministers in Islamabad.
However an aid worker in Kakuma said that the announcement was made without any prior warning to the camp's international partners, and that even officials belonging to the government's own Department of Refugee Affairs (DRA) were taken by surprise.
This policy, produced without any prior warning or publicity, would have a disproportionate impact on the Hull and east Yorkshire area, where some 90% of the UK's caravan manufacturing industry is located.
The daughter of one of the murdered police officers, PC Geoffrey Fox, told ITV News she was "sickened" to learn that her father's killer, was to be released without any prior warning.
Out of the blue without any prior warning every few weeks, you receive a text that serves as 20-minute warning to get yourself down to a mystery social that could be virtually anything.
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Eighty-seven (21.4%) were subject to either a serious safety warning and/or were withdrawn for safety reasons: 72 (17.7%) had only serious safety warnings and 15 (3.7%) were withdrawn (8 had safety warnings first and 7 were withdrawn without any prior safety warning; online supplementary appendix lists all drugs with safety warnings and/or withdrawals).
Earlier this winter, Kanye West and Rihanna each issued full-length records without explicit prior warning (there was coy, then less coy, hinting from both), thwarting the more traditional channels of publicity in which a new album is announced, promoted, and sent to critics in advance of its release date.
My dear friend Gio Black Peter, a queer refugee artist born in Guatemala and now based in New York, is one of the champions of the queer resistance against online censorship, with a personal record of 15 uniquely creative Facebook and 7 Instagram accounts deleted without any prior notice or warning, not to mention another 3 on Vimeo and 2 on Vine.
Four tables have been taken away by the municipal police – without prior warning, according to Papatya.
At 9pm and without prior warning, a pair of double doors opened.
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