afterward

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“I may be the new kid on the block,” Nichols told me afterward with a grin, “but I’ve been fighting for better schools for 42 years.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

The prospect of a hard fall afterward may not even come to mind because, hey, at least you tried.

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026

In April 2025, she formed a lobbying firm called Varidon Strategies and began registering in states almost immediately afterward, according to records.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026

In 1964 Mr. McCartney played Mr. Dylan’s first two albums for his fellow Beatles; they fell for them on the spot and afterward listened to them repeatedly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Only afterward, once the Big One has come and gone, can seismologists go back and see the pattern that led up to it.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland