The group's name is spelled with an apostrophe, and without the word 'The' preceding it.

That could be because the word "Mayor" no longer precedes his name, he conceded.

Yet the word had preceded him: the war was over, peace had been achieved.

This word, as used by politicians, invariably precedes a statement that comes right out of their prepared package.

He'd heard enough about this wilderness to understand how kind words often preceded furious atrocity.

The negative word "iki" is also required and typically precedes the subject.

Once again, his words preceded the knock on the door.

Wheaton is answering more slowly now, his words preceded by careful thought.

How word of our coming could have preceded us I don't know anyway.

It was the last to be visited, and one might have fancied that word of man's coming had preceded him.