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Recent Examples of aftershock
This film, so seemingly unassertive, apparently rambling and plotless, has a devastating impact and aftershock.
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Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
Her fall 2026 lineup explored the emotional aftershock of moving between worlds.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 19 Feb. 2026
But the changes underway are more than an aftershock.
—Bruno V. Manno, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Seismologists will continue monitoring aftershock patterns, as earthquakes of this magnitude typically generate ongoing seismic activity for days or weeks.
—Hollie Silverman
adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Aug. 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
Her fall 2026 lineup explored the emotional aftershock of moving between worlds.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 19 Feb. 2026
But the changes underway are more than an aftershock.
—Bruno V. Manno, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Seismologists will continue monitoring aftershock patterns, as earthquakes of this magnitude typically generate ongoing seismic activity for days or weeks.
—Hollie Silverman
adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aftershock
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New Environment If your plant has gone through a significant change in its environment recently—colder or warmer temperatures, a sudden lack of humidity, a change in light levels or watering habits—the shock could cause leaf drop.—
Alexandra Jones,
The Spruce,
11 Apr. 2026
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That’s why most economists agree the oil price shock from the Iran war probably won’t end in a recession.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2026
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Hilltop Hoods‘ tour is over, but the hip-hop artist’s special auction has created a warm afterglow.—
Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
27 Mar. 2026
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This is the faint thermal afterglow from some 380,000 years after the big bang that was unleashed when the hot, foglike plasma that filled the early universe cooled and cleared as primordial atomic nuclei bonded with free electrons.—
Paul M. Sutter,
Scientific American,
27 Mar. 2026
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The Cabinet Office and Japan Meteorological Agency indicated that there is a 1% possibility of a mega-quake in the coming week or after the earthquake near the Chishima and Japan trenches.—
Alex Nitzberg,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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Officials said the advisory was not a quake prediction but urged residents in 182 towns along the northeastern coasts to raise their preparedness while continuing their daily lives.—
Mari Yamaguchi,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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He was subsequently fired from the WWE and faced additional repercussions in his personal and professional life.—
Natasha Dye,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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Who knows what the repercussions of doing that.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
22 Apr. 2026
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There is a low probability, 2% chance, of a magnitude 5 and above aftershock happening in the next week or of the initial quake becoming a foreshock to a magnitude 4.87 or greater quake, the USGS said.—
Jose Fabian,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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But conventionally, only half of earthquakes have an easily detectable foreshock, while the other half do not.—
Los Angeles Times,
Boston Herald,
22 Dec. 2025
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Nataliia had gone to the bus station, where soldiers were spraying foam to contain the nuclear fallout, and to the hospital, where men in white coats were unloading victims on stretchers from the backs of ambulances.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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While the handling of the outburst by BAFTA and the BBC wasn’t ideal for anyone involved, the outrage and fallout from the event shows that Davidson’s lifelong mission to educate the wider population about Tourette syndrome is ongoing, and so important.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Some rigidity remains, and when the stimulation is turned off, the tremor returns within seconds.—
Ted Scouten,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2026
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Reports revealed tremors were also felt across a wide area, including in the capital Tokyo, hundreds of miles to the south.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Apr. 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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The series begins in 1933 when Gies takes a job working for Frank and follows her through the outbreak of the war, the ordeal of occupation and the melancholy denouement that sees Otto emerge as the lone survivor from the attic.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Aftershock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aftershock. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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