A penalty of up to three years will be given to those tunnelling under infrastructure to cause damage and police will be given new powers to pre-emptively shut down protests they deem to be disruptive.

Source: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/public-order-bill-disruptive-protests-just-stop-oil-extinction-rebellion-london-b1033722.html

It takes time for changes in interest rates to have an impact so in order to be sure of avoiding a recession, the Bank would need to act pre-emptively.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/10/labour-victory-economy-inflation-kier-starmer

Legault's government had pre-emptively invoked the notwithstanding clause on the Quebec secularism law, known as Bill 21, which forbids some public servants in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols on the job.

Source: https://www.chroniclejournal.com/news/national/pre-emptively-using-notwithstanding-clause-not-the-right-thing-to-do-trudeau/article_6c98081d-2dd9-5493-b4df-27b047d59bf5.html

Mrs Botterman said: "Why can’t they do anything pre-emptively?"

Source: https://www.kentonline.co.uk/thanet/news/ive-had-three-cars-written-off-on-my-road-in-three-years-279997/

Smith was one of six Republic supporters who had been pre-emptively on the morning of the coronation.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/21/once-we-ask-lee-anderson-question-democracy-on-slippery-slope

Some members of Congress are pre-emptively adjusting staff roles or planning to pay advances to their staff members who would stop receiving paychecks in the event of a shutdown.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/22/briefing/autoworker-strike-expand-senator-menendez.html