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In a phone call with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette shortly after the petition was filed, Richardson mostly declined to comment on his own health and the recall effort.
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Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2025
This is about the time GM Brad Holmes started making calls, shortly after Aidan Hutchinson went down.
—Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The talk show's cohosts kicked off Monday's live show by praising the Saturday Night Live season 51 premiere, which Bad Bunny hosted shortly after he was announced as the Super Bowl halftime show headliner.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
The drones, Business Insider reports, were discovered in the Krasnodar region, with images and video footage released by Russian news channels and military bloggers shortly after.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2025
This is about the time GM Brad Holmes started making calls, shortly after Aidan Hutchinson went down.
—Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The talk show's cohosts kicked off Monday's live show by praising the Saturday Night Live season 51 premiere, which Bad Bunny hosted shortly after he was announced as the Super Bowl halftime show headliner.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
The drones, Business Insider reports, were discovered in the Krasnodar region, with images and video footage released by Russian news channels and military bloggers shortly after.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Shortly after.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortly%20after. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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