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Recent Examples of aftershock
The aftershocks of the 2023 strikes are still being felt.
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Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Yet the aftershocks of 2008 continue, and today’s economic pressures—rising costs, stagnant wages, global instability—are forcing a reckoning.
—Benjamin Van Der Lande, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Less than two hours after the initial quake, some areas experienced 13 different aftershocks, ranging from 5.1 to 3.1, the USGS reported.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 8 June 2025
There is a 5% chance of a magnitude 4 or larger aftershock occurring in the next week, according to USGS Operational Aftershock Forecasts.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
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Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
Yet the aftershocks of 2008 continue, and today’s economic pressures—rising costs, stagnant wages, global instability—are forcing a reckoning.
—Benjamin Van Der Lande, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Less than two hours after the initial quake, some areas experienced 13 different aftershocks, ranging from 5.1 to 3.1, the USGS reported.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 8 June 2025
There is a 5% chance of a magnitude 4 or larger aftershock occurring in the next week, according to USGS Operational Aftershock Forecasts.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 10 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aftershock
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With no traditional risk factors and a dentist who initially dismissed her concerns, the news came as a shock.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
13 July 2025
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This good news probably comes as a shock to the average American consumer, and certainly to the average Democrat, who earlier this year thought Trump would usher in America’s Dark Ages.—
E.J. Antoni,
Boston Herald,
13 July 2025
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As Holly approaches orgasm, a pastel filter descends over her vision, lasting through her climax and into the afterglow.—
Kate Evans,
Scientific American,
25 June 2025
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However, new research has calculated that the strength of this afterglow may have been overestimated—a fact that would call the standard model into question.—
Rachael O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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Even if landslides don’t occur during the quake itself, the ground may be weakened, leaving it primed for failure during later rainstorms.—
Brian J. Yanites,
The Conversation,
26 June 2025
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The quake is a certainty, but could be hundreds of years off.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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America’s largest trade partner, the European Union, is among the entities awaiting word Monday on whether U.S. President Donald Trump will impose punishing tariffs on their goods, a move economists have warned would have repercussions for companies and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic.—
South Florida Sun Sentinel,
Sun Sentinel,
7 July 2025
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The European Union expects to find out on Monday whether President Donald Trump will impose punishing tariffs on America’s largest trade partner in a move economists have warned would have repercussions for companies and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
7 July 2025
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The largest foreshock was a magnitude 3.3, Lucy Jones, a visiting associate in geophysics and founder of the Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society, said.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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It had been preceded by a 3.3-magnitude foreshock on Sunday, seismologist Dr. Lucy Jones told KCBS.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
15 Apr. 2025
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The Epstein case fallout reached a fever pitch July 11, with even those inside the administration reportedly perturbed.—
Savannah Kuchar,
USA Today,
14 July 2025
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However, the fallout was immediate, with her husband barely speaking to her and Kayla choosing to stay at her mother’s house.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
14 July 2025
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Ingesting just 1 to 2 milligrams — less than what’s inside a single regular-strength pouch — can cause nausea, vomiting and tremors, among other serious symptoms, according to the National Library of Medicine.—
Jeffrey Kopp,
CNN Money,
14 July 2025
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Symptoms can range from muscle twitching and tremors to confusion, irregular heartbeats, and, in severe cases, seizures or coma.—
Patricia Weiser,
Verywell Health,
14 July 2025
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As Squid Game marched through its final six episodes to a stunningly dark denouement (including that A-list cameo from Cate Blanchett for the final coda), Myung-gi was there all along, his fate uncertain to the bitter end.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
2 July 2025
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Over the five intense days of reporting the event, runup to denouement, much of the journalism generated was simply reporting the extraordinary outlay, with a nod to the intensely romantic profile of the city’s fragile archipelago and its lagoon.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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“Aftershock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aftershock. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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