aftershock

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Recent Examples of aftershock This film, so seemingly unassertive, apparently rambling and plotless, has a devastating impact and aftershock. Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026 Her fall 2026 lineup explored the emotional aftershock of moving between worlds. Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 19 Feb. 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 See All Example Sentences for aftershock
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Noun
  • But Wright’s fieldwork largely predates the AI shock that has breathed new life into this push.
    Catherine Thorbecke, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Leicester City achieved a similar feat 10 years ago, but that’s considered the greatest shock in modern football history.
    Elias Burke, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Hilltop Hoods‘ tour is over, but the hip-hop artist’s special auction has created a warm afterglow.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2026
  • This is the faint thermal afterglow from some 380,000 years after the big bang that was unleashed when the hot, foglike plasma that filled the early universe cooled and cleared as primordial atomic nuclei bonded with free electrons.
    Paul M. Sutter, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Residents in multiple cities - such as Palm Springs, Riverside and Beaumont - reported feeling the quake, according to the USGS DYFI report.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • 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, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In this best-selling memoir, Foo investigates the repercussions of complex PTSD (C-PTSD) caused by her abusive parents and her subsequent estrangement from each of them in turn.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Republican senators also warned of the repercussions of the bill.
    CBS Miami Team, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • There is a low probability, 2% chance, of a magnitude 5 and above aftershock happening in the next week or of the initial quake becoming a foreshock to a magnitude 4.87 or greater quake, the USGS said.
    Jose Fabian, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Redistricting fight The fallout of the Supreme Court’s ruling this week, which further gutted the Voting Rights Act, is already unfolding.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
  • Then the video goes viral, the American political system can’t handle the fallout, and Benton winds up in the Oval Office.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • Some patients on chlorpromazine developed mild tremors or tics.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Some of the common symptoms that impact movement include tremors in one or both hands, stiffness (also known as rigidity), slow movements and balance problems.
    Mary Eber, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Over the course of the series’ six episodes, their relationship waxes and wanes, but continues to cast a shadow over their fates until the finale’s electrifying denouement.
    K.J. Yossman, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The series begins in 1933 when Gies takes a job working for Frank and follows her through the outbreak of the war, the ordeal of occupation and the melancholy denouement that sees Otto emerge as the lone survivor from the attic.
    David Faris, TheWeek, 24 Apr. 2026

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“Aftershock.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aftershock. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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