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If it does make a bomb, a regional arms race could ensue.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
The virus-carrying mosquitoes and the infections that ensue are “part of our local environment and continue to reappear year after year,” Bates-Grubb said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
It’s particularly useful as a contrarian tool when sharp falls can suggest traders are too cautious, and a rally may ensue.
From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026
"The biggest thing that surprised me was the aggressive marketing that went with it. There was more aggressive marketing that lent itself to the potential of more aggressive wagering. That's where harm tends to ensue."
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
Men chase women down corridors, and laughter and spirited chaos ensue.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Salterelli has seen cases where competing grandmothers both want to be guardians and a custody battle ensues.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
A struggle ensues and the man is pulled down, with his trousers appearing to fall down, before he is arrested by officers in the garden of the property.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
A little banter ensues, making way for the real surprise guests: fellow Olympic hockey champions Megan Keller and team captain Hilary Knight.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026
Every time a major leader falls, a fight for succession ensues, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
Maybe my special skill is “being in lines first,” because the ruckus that ensues, the forty-nine other children trying to find the number of the kid next to him or her?
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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After the initial dust cloud that followed the collapse of the World Trade Center, months of pollution and lingering dust ensued, causing cancers that thousands of New Yorkers still suffer today.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
A 60-yard passing touchdown immediately ensued on the next possession.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Despite the drama that has ensued since trade talks between the U.S. and its northern neighbor collapsed last Friday, bank CEOs brushed off the potential fallout during earnings calls this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The shop sits 25 minutes from the US-Canada border and since the "war" ensued Seevers said her business received emails from Canadian customers saying they could not patronise her business "due to anti-Canadian rhetoric".
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
She and the children had found it quite by accident in the mayhem that ensued after Lady Constance’s disastrous holiday ball.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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In the ensuing 25 years there have been numerous intelligence successes as well as failures on both sides of the Atlantic.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
“Mother of Sorrows” tracks the ensuing investigation from the perspectives of multiple characters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
That tragedy and the ensuing trauma was, naturally, the framework for the documentary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
In 2017 researchers coined the term orthosomnia to describe the tendency to chase perfect scores with sleep tracking and the ensuing sleep problems, distress, and anxiety from not receiving a perfect score.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
In the ensuing silence the mother heard the drone of a distant lawnmower.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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