afterward

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Imagine police responding to a robbery by obtaining judicial permission to open every safety deposit box in a neighborhood bank, briefly inspect the contents, and determine afterward which customers seem suspicious.

From Slate • May 20, 2026

Colbert was flustered, to say the least, during the interview afterward.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

But investors were already dissecting the summations of the talks issued by the two countries afterward.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Unlike in three dimensions, those paths cannot simply be untangled afterward.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

Soon afterward, “An epidemic of table-turning had broken out …” and the number of England’s Spiritualists and spirit publications grew.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock