aftermath
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Bill Clinton's nine-day tour of China in 1998 marked a thaw in relations after the US slapped sanctions on Beijing in the aftermath of the 1989 protests.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
On “Never Be the Same,” Thompson confronts his resistance to change, whether it be during a relationship or in its aftermath.
From Salon • May 15, 2026
He has written extensively about two fatal crashes of Boeing’s 737 MAX jets in 2018 and 2019 and their aftermath.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
In the immediate aftermath of the assault, some initial accounts of terrible violence shared by Israeli officials turned out to be false.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
July had brought us only the strange apparition of the family Fowles, and in its aftermath, the conviction in all our separate minds that their visit could only have been a dream.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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