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Still, limited resources demanded Urich and Johns — who met through an all-mom garage band, shortly after giving birth — help champion one film first.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2025
Both of those groups represented Ogles in federal court in Tennessee after FBI agents seized Ogles' cell phone shortly after his 2024 reelection.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 15 Aug. 2025
The set became infamous in the early twenty-tens, shortly after Cameron took office, when another of its members, Rebekah Brooks, a lieutenant for Rupert Murdoch, was criminally charged in the phone-hacking scandal that engulfed Murdoch’s British newspaper empire.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025
The incident occurred on Monday shortly after the plane took off from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, according to reports.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2025
Both of those groups represented Ogles in federal court in Tennessee after FBI agents seized Ogles' cell phone shortly after his 2024 reelection.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 15 Aug. 2025
The set became infamous in the early twenty-tens, shortly after Cameron took office, when another of its members, Rebekah Brooks, a lieutenant for Rupert Murdoch, was criminally charged in the phone-hacking scandal that engulfed Murdoch’s British newspaper empire.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2025
The incident occurred on Monday shortly after the plane took off from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, according to reports.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Shortly after.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortly%20after. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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