Examples of aftershock in a Sentence

The first aftershock came just minutes after the earthquake.

Recent Examples on the Web A year and two months since the coronavirus paralyzed the nation and drove record unemployment, the U.S. is emerging from the aftershock of the pandemic crisis. — Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2021 Kanye started appearing on the show more (the aftershock of the robbery was a major story line in season 13). — Allison P. Davis, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2021 Lawmakers spent $5 trillion to dig the nation out of the economic hole created by the virus, and almost as a political aftershock, enacted an expansion of the social safety net larger than any seen since the creation of Medicare nearly 60 years ago. — David E. Sanger, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2021 The earthquake was an aftershock of the 7.1 earthquake that struck just north of Anchorage more than two years ago. — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Apr. 2021 The earthquake was not an aftershock, said Stephen Holtkamp, a researcher at the earthquake center. — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2021 The long cultural aftershock of the resurrection of the Son of God seems to be receding in the West, however, as suggested by surveys of American religious habits. — Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 4 Apr. 2021 But the aftershock of being fired from his own band via email haunts the EP's most powerful moments. — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 2 Apr. 2021 This was followed by a 2.5 magnitude aftershock that was recorded only minutes later near to where the initial quake struck. — Jon Haworth, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2021

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