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as in foreshocks
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as in repercussions
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aftershocks
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The work converts planetary tremors into image and sound.—
Pablo Larios,
Artforum,
10 June 2026 -
The shaking was also felt in South Dadeland, where at least one building was evacuated after tremors were reported inside.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
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The lawyers' move appears to be a last-minute effort to have the case dismissed before a possible ruling that could have massive repercussions for all TPS holders across the country.—
Armando Garcia,
ABC News,
17 June 2026
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Now the Obama Center embraces the role and repercussions of his race, placing his presidency in a narrative of the nation's long journey for equality.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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On the plus side, the survey shows Warsh taking the helm of an economy that has been resilient to recent shocks and expected to remain that way.—
Steve Liesman,
CNBC,
16 June 2026
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As droughts become more frequent and severe, those with older rights and deeper infrastructure will continue to receive water; those with junior rights, domestic wells or small systems will face more frequent shortages, contamination and price shocks.—
David Sathuluri,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
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The document, first reported earlier this month by the tech news outlet 404 media, is a Privacy Threshold Analysis, which is essentially a federal report assessing whether the privacy implications of a tool warrant further government study.—
Meg Anderson,
NPR,
19 June 2026
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The implications extend well beyond the art world.—
Joseph Fowler,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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The new findings could help people around the world better prepare for possible dangers hidden in the aftermath of quakes, Park says.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
18 June 2026
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Experts say the San Andreas is a strike‑slip plate boundary, not a crack that can drop California into the ocean, and even large quakes cause sideways movement, not breakup.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
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Instead of a handheld probe sweeping across your skin, a ring of transducers surrounds the body underwater and fires sound waves from every angle at once, reconstructing a full 3D volume from the echoes.—
Gabriel Alin Zainescu,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
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Labour’s popularity has fallen accordingly, in echoes of the fate suffered by the center-right Conservative Party.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
17 June 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,
19 June 2026
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Dani provides the voiceover, filled with strained metaphors about earthquakes and sermons on the importance of summer, but the pretense that the dialogue is taken from his interrogation is quickly abandoned.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
19 June 2026
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“Aftershocks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aftershocks. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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