aftershocks

plural of aftershock

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for aftershocks
Noun
  • Saying no can have social repercussions.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 27 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Caplan-Auerbach is studying nearly imperceptible seismic tremors that have preceded major landslides, including the August one in Tracy Arm.
    Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Some propose seismic tremors sent waves that forced the deep water upward.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The $400 million gift drew bipartisan criticism for its ethical and national security implications.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
  • And this game figures to have implications on the Atlantic Coast Conference championship race.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Giving a sniper rifle explosive rounds that also cause electrical shocks seems like overkill, but shooting that gun never gets old.
    Jason Fanelli, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Policymakers should focus on accelerating implementation of Africa’s free trade area to make the continent more resilient to global shocks, the secretary general of the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat said.
    semafor.com, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Most quakes occur due to movement along faults at tectonic plate boundaries.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Regional tsunami warnings have since been cancelled, according to Reuters, but the pair of quakes left behind damage to buildings and roads.
    Jillian Frankel, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The Øresund Bridge is designed to withstand ship collisions, aircraft impacts, earthquakes, and high winds.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Game 1 of the World Series, a stunning 11-4 trouncing of the Dodgers, had echoes of the Skubal game.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • This polarization means even post-Trump, Democrats may cling to divisive issues like defund-the-police echoes or aggressive cultural wars, repelling the non-ideological public weary of extremes.
    Nafees Alam, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
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“Aftershocks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aftershocks. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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