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
“We agree to disagree,” Jetten told reporters afterward.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 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
And one morning soon afterward the first customer in the shop was a small thin-bearded man named Smit.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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