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as in foreshocks
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as in repercussions
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That escalation can have serious repercussions for borrowers, including court judgments that could lead to frozen bank accounts in certain cases.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026 -
Rising tensions in the Middle East are causing significant global economic repercussions, disrupting essential trade routes and supply chains, and driving up the costs of fuel, fertilizer and food.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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Without tectonic plates, the moon's tremors are driven by tidal forces from Earth, meteorite impacts and extreme temperature swings as the lunar surface heats and cools.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
24 Mar. 2026
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More than 130 people from as far away as Esparto and San Francisco reported feeling the tremors to the agency.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
24 Mar. 2026
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How the game is aired will have implications for the way audiences perceive the sport.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2026
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If the pair pull it off, the implications could be massive, revealing AI’s potential to convincingly resurrect and reinvent our cinematic history — a potential that before the tech had remained firmly theoretical.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2026
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Analysts partially credit the stability to a mature domestic biofuels industry that allows the country to withstand geopolitical shocks with minimal risk of fuel shortages.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2026
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That conflict has caused cascading global energy shocks as Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz and effectively cut off a fifth of the world’s oil supply, and Middle Eastern countries have bombed each other’s oil and gas infrastructure.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
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Seismic activity in the area is limited, but USGS data show similar quakes have occurred within 5 to 10 miles over time.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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Those Apollo-era seismometers revealed that the moon is surprisingly active, recording thousands of quakes between 1969 and 1977 — but the tools were heavy, expensive and limited in reach.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
24 Mar. 2026
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The drone also incorporates an acoustic shield to dampen noise from its own propellers, enabling clearer detection of echoes.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Mar. 2026
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There were also subtle echoes to Alessandro Michele’s influence throughout—a welcome nod from Demna, one that bridges past and present while setting the tone for the next Gucci chapter.—
Laura Jackson,
Vogue,
25 Mar. 2026
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It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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Hot on the Trail For decades, scientists have used earthquakes to track magma, but the work was often slow and imprecise.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Aftershocks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aftershocks. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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