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Recent Examples of aftershock
Since the fires, families have been living with aftershocks, trying to hold onto normal.
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Amanda Starrantino, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
America is still reckoning with the aftershocks of the pandemic, alongside a steady drumbeat of crises.
—Essence, 26 Jan. 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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Amanda Starrantino, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
America is still reckoning with the aftershocks of the pandemic, alongside a steady drumbeat of crises.
—Essence, 26 Jan. 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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Anyone in the East who shivered through this winter could be in for a shock at the outcome.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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While the first waves of shock and sadness rolled through the city, journalists, historians and public figures reached into the past to help make sense of this week's violence.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
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In contrast, measurements based on the cosmic microwave background, the faint afterglow of the Big Bang, indicate a slower expansion, as well as a slightly older Universe of about 14 billion years.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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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
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Those who felt the quake are encouraged to report it through the USGS Felt Report form.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 Mar. 2026
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When aftershock data is available, the corresponding maps and charts include earthquakes within 100 miles and seven days of the initial quake.—
William B. Davis,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Iran has issued a warning to the United States, suggesting grave repercussions for the Pentagon sinking an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka with a torpedo.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
5 Mar. 2026
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Doctors and humanitarian aid workers told ABC News that millions of children in the region are at risk of physical and mental health repercussions.—
ByMary Kekatos,
ABC News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Jones says that this most recent set of quakes could be foreshocks for a much larger event.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 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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Vice presidential scholar Joel Goldstein told ABC News that if Vance, seen as a front-runner for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination, were to decide to run for president, the Iran operation would carry its own risks, as the conflict's fallout would be inherited by Vance.—
Hannah Demissie,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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For Hannah, the real-world fallout has already been intense.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
6 Mar. 2026
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The political tremors triggered by the ballot measure already have reshaped California’s political landscape.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Weak to light shaking has been detected and people reported feeling the tremor in several cities, including Geyserville, Kelseyville and Cloverdale according to the USGS DYFI report.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 Mar. 2026
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The denouement of the musical bears down, allowing both Barfee and Olive to bring the piece home, and where some of the show’s best music lives.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Emily Brontë resists such a dénouement for Heathcliff.—
Radhika Jones,
New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Aftershock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aftershock. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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