Preparing
Both words in one sentence
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Finally, after months of preparing, she set out for revenge, but before she could find him, Ryan was killed in a drunk driving accident.
Source: Comicbook / Black Cat - The humans agree that the Lo'ona Aeo must be preparing to invoke this trope in case the giant Deflector Shield set up by the Mobile Fleet to intercept the particle stream fails.
- Lock and Load Montage: the end of chapter 14 gives a glorious one, describing how earth is preparing while set to the speech the president gives for the Battle of the Line (though obviously changed for a universe where fighting back against the Minbari is an actual possibility).
Source: Fan Fic / A Fighting Chance
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