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Recent Examples of afterglow
Not long afterward, China’s Einstein Probe satellite identified a potential X-ray afterglow from the same region.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2026
Now 20 years old and an Olympic champion, Liu is very much still in the afterglow of her performance.
—Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 23 Feb. 2026
But as Gottlieb addressed the team after the game, her players burst into spontaneous celebration, flinging water at their coach and soaking in the afterglow of their biggest victory of the season.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
The Ducks’ Pat Verbeek could continue basking in the afterglow of an off-the-board lottery pick, winger Beckett Sennecke, that panned out famously.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 18 Jan. 2026
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2026
Now 20 years old and an Olympic champion, Liu is very much still in the afterglow of her performance.
—Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 23 Feb. 2026
But as Gottlieb addressed the team after the game, her players burst into spontaneous celebration, flinging water at their coach and soaking in the afterglow of their biggest victory of the season.
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
The Ducks’ Pat Verbeek could continue basking in the afterglow of an off-the-board lottery pick, winger Beckett Sennecke, that panned out famously.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 18 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for afterglow
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Her plea will spare a lengthy discovery period and likely mark the legal denouement of a federal probe that shook Sacramento after the FBI recorded dozens of lobbyists in the summer of 2024 as part of the investigation.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2026
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Over the course of the series’ six episodes, their relationship waxes and wanes, but continues to cast a shadow over their fates until the finale’s electrifying denouement.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2026
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At an event yesterday at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead—formerly the Homestake gold mine—project leaders and government supporters gathered to sign the first steel beam to be sent underground, beginning the construction of the facility’s detectors.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
8 May 2026
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With underground installation now underway, Fermilab’s next major target is delivering the first neutrino beam to DUNE by 2031.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
8 May 2026
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The competition Amazon’s attempt to up the instant gratification ante provides direct competition to on-demand food delivery platforms like Instacart, Uber Eats, DoorDash and Grubhub, which don’t have the scale of the e-commerce titan, according to independent retail analyst Bruce Winder.—
Anne D’Innocenzio,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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People want instant gratification.—
Ruth Umoh,
Fortune,
11 May 2026
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Less than a minute later, a second 3.2-magnitude aftershock struck.—
Chelsea Hylton,
CBS News,
6 May 2026
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It’s been two and a half months since the war with Iran ruptured the crude oil market, and the aftershocks are starting to to show up in unexpected ways.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
5 May 2026
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The auroras may be viewed even further south than the last round as the geomagnetic storms that enabled them may peak higher over the weekend.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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But remember, auroras are fickle creatures.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
15 May 2026
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Musgraves’s core concern on Middle of Nowhere is reaching a place of self-sufficiency and contentment untangled from the worry of navigating others’ bad moods.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
7 May 2026
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Every post-beach bike ride back to our villa was wrapped in a peaceful, quiet contentment.—
Katherine Polcari,
Southern Living,
2 May 2026
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Becerra went from polling in the single digits before the fallout in early April to being among the top gubernatorial candidates.—
James Ward,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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The government of Latvia, a NATO and European Union member, collapsed over the fallout of two stray Ukrainian drones crashing in its territory.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
15 May 2026
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Qatar holds the international gateway and premium halo.—
Kate Hardcastle,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2026
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The older generation, found in the halo of our galaxy, are Population II stars, which have far lower levels of elements heavier than helium.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
13 May 2026
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“Afterglow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/afterglow. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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