All along
All along adverb - All the time or over a period of time.
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- It later turned out that Larry had been the culprit all along, but the event is ultimately no less important to Phoenix for that.
Source: Because You Were Nice to Me - One issue during Marvel's Civil War event revealed that the narrator all along had been Sue Storm, following Iron Man around invisibly, partly as a spy, partly waiting for a chance to try and talk some sense into him.
Source: Narrator All Along - He even lampshades the trope, pointing out that people latch onto one specific event or situation as a cause of strife, but that what really happens is that the event or situation is just an excuse to bring to the forefront issues that were there all along.
Source: Conflict Ball
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