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Old 07-Nov-2003, 22:15
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They exited out of their dollar longs within an hour of the labor report's release.

The ambulance arrived within minutes of the call being made.


Do they mean : within an hour after, within minutes after?

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Yes, "within an hour of" means it happened less than an hour after the original event. Also, "within minutes of" means it happened only a few minutes after the previous event.

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