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• Your hands go to the same chords all the time after a while.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2024
• That isn’t much, but the weight still wears on your ears and bridge of your nose after a while with Specs on.
  — Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 24 Nov. 2024
• That can sometimes work for a long time even, but after a while, cracks start to form.
  — Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 19 June 2024
• Does being tied up in a chair all day take its toll after a while?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2023
• But after a while, the bigger 8 would loop up and then take a few steps closer.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 19 Oct. 2023
• The poster managed to get a seat but after a while, an elderly man got on the bus.
  — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
• So my mom would say that my dad was like her brother after a while.
  — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2025
• Holding out my arms in space just to move around the UI gets tiring after a while, too.
  — Jay Peters, The Verge, 24 Mar. 2023
• The Pocket 386 is fun for a while, but the shortcomings and the broken stuff start to wear on you after a while.
  — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 2 Aug. 2024
• So after a while hanging around the same city and being in the same scene — success doesn’t seem so sweet.
  — Jim Greer, SPIN, 4 Aug. 2024
• Texts would go unanswered, calls missed, and after a while, my bond with Steve felt as lost as my youth.
  — Kui Mwai, Vogue, 26 Aug. 2023
• And after a while, what once felt like care starts to feel like over-functioning.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
• Kevin walked on through the village and, after a while, came to some houses that were being built.
  — Thomas Korsgaard, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
• What to Consider The label tends to rub off after a while.
  — Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2023
• They were also met with the challenges of models who would sign and quit work after a while.
  — Ugonnaora Owoh, Essence, 16 Apr. 2025
• But after a while a cold feeling of neglect would begin to grow in us.
  — Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2023
• Note that synthetic leather can make your feet a bit hot and stinky after a while, so keep that in mind with this pair.
  — Joel Balsam, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2024
• Still, the swearing and gross-out humor loses its bite after a while.
  — Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
• But, after a while, even Alec isn’t quite sure where the act ends and his true identity begins.
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
• And then fewer speeches to give, and, after a while, less of everything else in their lives.
  — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2024
• However, the Ubisoft-esque map that's filled with fetch and dungeon quests that opens up to even more of the same wears on you after a while.
  — Chris Stobing, PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2024
• The air conditioning on board can cause your skin to feel a little dry after a while.
  — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Dec. 2023
• But after a while, plain ol' water can be...well, boring.
  — Rebecca Rakowitz, Parents, 17 Aug. 2023
• And the same process repeated after a while, after the victim was ready to say anything just for the torture to stop.
  — Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic, 7 Dec. 2022
• Those old orange life preservers were heavy, bulky, hot, and sticky, and many people would take them off after a while.
  — Ben Romans, Field & Stream, 21 Sep. 2023
• And after a while, unbeknownst to them, the rule of the game changes and suddenly this color rule doesn’t work anymore.
  — Sean Illing, Vox, 12 May 2025
• On discovery, Anna was removed from the farm, and after a while was placed in a foster home.
  — Ken Fuchsman, Hartford Courant, 28 Mar. 2025
• But visiting even the most exciting places can take a toll after a while.
  — Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024
• But after a while the losses start to pile up and something small becomes a larger issue.
  — Stephen Means, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2023
• Of course, all that excitement does get tiring after a while, and the dogs in side B eventually wind down for a brief nap.
  — Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025