Historical clue formulations

• Preceding time — 2026-06-25
• Anticipatory events, collectively — 2025-05-14
• Period preceding a big event — 2024-09-26
• Amass — 2024-04-12
• Accumulate — 2022-02-26
• Amass — 1999-04-16
• Increase — 1996-12-01