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Recent Examples of aftershock
The area is still feeling the effects of huge aftershocks this weekend.
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CBS News, 30 Mar. 2025
The area has seen six aftershocks, all with a magnitude of greater than 4.5, according to the USGS.
—James Powel, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2025
Thai authorities said that the quake and aftershocks were felt in most of the country's provinces.
—Time, 29 Mar. 2025
More than 3 million people have been displaced by the fighting, according to the U.N.
Since the earthquake, many people have been sleeping outside, either because homes were destroyed or out of fear of aftershocks.
—Arkansas Online, 1 Apr. 2025
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CBS News, 30 Mar. 2025
The area has seen six aftershocks, all with a magnitude of greater than 4.5, according to the USGS.
—James Powel, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2025
Thai authorities said that the quake and aftershocks were felt in most of the country's provinces.
—Time, 29 Mar. 2025
More than 3 million people have been displaced by the fighting, according to the U.N.
Since the earthquake, many people have been sleeping outside, either because homes were destroyed or out of fear of aftershocks.
—Arkansas Online, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aftershock
Noun
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An example would be a war or an oil price shock, or the coronavirus pandemic that caused the February to March 2020 bear market.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
8 Apr. 2025
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Not only the decision to let go of Malone, but the timing of it comes as a bigger shock.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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But in the afterglow of this title, which took so much longer, at the end of road strewn with more disappointments than most of the others, this does not feel like that moment.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
7 Apr. 2025
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Listen to this article GAINESVILLE — Coach Todd Golden’s iPhone was blowing up, eventually settling at 330 text messages in the afterglow of his first championship at Florida.—
Edgar Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Mar. 2025
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Myanmar’s quake is as close to a no-show as the nation has had in recent memory at a major, accessible natural disaster.—
Ellen Knickmeyer and David Rising,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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The quake struck at 9:23 p.m. about five miles south-southeast of the city in San Benito County, the USGS reported.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2025
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But that version of Rubio was much more sensitive to the political repercussions of an immigration crackdown.—
Mary Ellen Klas,
Mercury News,
12 Apr. 2025
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The stunning move may have repercussions on hundreds of other international students who have been targeted by the administration.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Have large foreshocks happened in California before? About half of California's biggest earthquakes in history have been preceded by foreshocks.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA TODAY,
7 Aug. 2024
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As always, there’s a 5% chance of today’s quake being a foreshock to a bigger one.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2024
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Meanwhile, the long-term fallout of Trump's existing tariff announcements is yet to be seen.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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This Club name has been hit hard by tariff fallout, including a questionable probe by Chinese regulators.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2025
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On Tuesday, the Denver Nuggets made headlines across the NBA by parting ways with both their championship-winning head coach, Michael Malone, and general manager, Calvin Booth—a move that surprised many and sent tremors through the league.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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Seventeen people from as far away as Pacifica and Fremont reported feeling the tremor to the agency.—
Helena Wegner,
Sacbee.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Such was the case this past weekend, when tens of millions of fans keyed in on the denouement of the college basketball season at the expense of lesser spectacles such as spring football and one notoriously schismatic pro golf startup.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The saga of the Shubert brothers was now consigned to ancient history — even though its scandalous denouement was quite recent history — and the current monarchs were not about to call attention to it.—
Frank Rich,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Aftershock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aftershock. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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