aftermath
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Cobbled together in the aftermath of 9/11, the agency has 7,100 armed, highly trained agents and another 800 criminal analysts, as well as access to troves of confidential data about hundreds of millions of Americans.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
The video was taken on Thursday night by sombody helping in the aftermath, after multiple fires tore through the West Midlands.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Delinquencies are staying on credit records longer, pushing New York Fed measures of credit-card distress to their highest level since the aftermath of the 2008 crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
As the American Civil Liberties Union explained in its aftermath last week, “Birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the Constitution. No additional executive order can change the meaning of the Constitution.”
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
He put up one of the first temporary buildings in the quake’s aftermath, moved the cars in, and set out to craft a new image for Buick.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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