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Recent Examples of aftershock
While many of these uprisings began as responses to police brutality, economic despair, and systemic injustice, their aftershocks often accelerated the collapse of once-vibrant business corridors.
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Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
After the offshore earthquake, the institute recorded several aftershocks, many more than 4-magnitude.
—Rajeev Tyagi, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
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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Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 4 Oct. 2025
After the offshore earthquake, the institute recorded several aftershocks, many more than 4-magnitude.
—Rajeev Tyagi, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025
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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But this could be the start of a period of stagflationary shocks where both sides of the mandate get worse at the same time.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Wolverhampton Wanderers are considering a shock return for former head coach Gary O’Neil, with Rob Edwards another prominent candidate and Michael Carrick also in the frame to replace Vitor Pereira.—
David Ornstein,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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But despite how intertwined the two appear in the photo, Masi writes, the coiling afterglow of the meteor is actually quite far from the tail of Comet Lemmon.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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In the afterglow of her magnificent album, choke enough, and the birth of her first child, Marylou Mayniel decamps to the southwest of France.—
Anna Gaca,
Pitchfork,
1 Oct. 2025
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Indonesia has a history of catastrophic quakes, including the 2004 Indian Ocean disaster, making continuous seismic monitoring and preparedness crucial for minimizing casualties and infrastructure damage.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Mazar-i-Sharif’s iconic Blue Mosque was damaged in the quake, footage on social media geolocated by CNN revealed, with its base littered with rubble - early evidence of the destruction captured in the shadows before dawn.—
Masoud Popalzai,
CNN Money,
2 Nov. 2025
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Law enforcement only has resources to focus on the biggest cases, meaning the best hackers can operate for years without facing any kind of legal repercussions.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
21 Oct. 2025
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But, in the 90th minute, something unraveled for Charlotte FC that will have repercussions for at least the next week.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
19 Oct. 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 quake was preceded by 14 foreshock events, Cochran said.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
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The fallout from all this has defined an especially dramatic week in Spanish football.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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There’s little doubt the fallout of the ongoing betting scandal will have a significant impact on the NBA for years to come.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Clavel’s isn’t an especially showy performance, but one of impressive precision, suggesting entire emotional worlds through the smallest gestures — a glance withheld or a tremor in the voice.—
Catherine Bray,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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Weak shaking has been registered and several people reported experiencing the tremor in and around the Healdsburg area according to the USGS DYFI report.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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While the film tends to feel its extended run time by the final act, the dénouement hits with a glorious gut-punch, ending on one last poem from Rimantas as Minde sits on the seashore-like driftwood.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
30 Oct. 2025
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Though Sami’s previous ambivalence over the group’s mission makes his eventual attack on Whelan a bit curious, River’s heroic rescue of the beleaguered First Desk stooge sets up the real dénouement in which his future and the future of Slough House itself is briefly in question.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Aftershock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aftershock. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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