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as in foreshocks
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as in repercussions
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In this, Castro not only gestures at the social crisis that’s driving so many men toward radical ideas but also helps explain its causes and repercussions.—
Jeremy Gordon,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025 -
New docuseries Who Killed Our Daughter dives into the case and its societal repercussions.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
12 Sep. 2025
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During his detention, Peter Reynolds was suffering from two eye infections and intermittent tremors in his head and left arm, raising serious concerns.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
19 Sep. 2025
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Mixing superstition, memory, and the tremors of family secrets, Zhang’s film unfolds as a delicate and atmospheric drama about how children hear what adults won’t, or can’t, share.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Sep. 2025
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In fact, when safeguards fail or people use them without fully understanding the implications, very sensitive and potentially damaging information could be exposed.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The ban also had significant implications for education.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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External Shocks Stimulus packages and money printing can lead to supply shocks and global inflation surges.—
Alex Pron,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Domestic production has a direct national security impact, ensuring the country retains some capacity in a critical industry and reducing exposure to global shocks.—
Christian Birky,
Sourcing Journal,
19 Sep. 2025
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So far, there have been no reports of major damage or injuries linked to these quakes, and authorities have not issued any tsunami warnings.—
Hannah Parry
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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The information on past quakes could be used to determine a region’s vulnerability to future seismic events.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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But the ground level faces severe flooding risks through a combination of rainstorms and earthquakes that bring soil water to the surface, per a study conducted in 2016 by the San Francisco Bay Conservation & Development Commission.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
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The work is part of Phase 5 of the bluff stabilization project, which began in 2024 as part of an effort to protect the eroding bluffs from earthquakes, sea level rise and other factors.—
Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Sep. 2025
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The United States may be entering into an era of heightened political violence and assassination with some echoes to the 1960s.—
Time,
Time,
20 Sep. 2025
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The series throws its 292 fallen samurai warriors into a fight to the death and, ultimately, for the winner, untold riches, with period echoes of FX’s wildly successful Shogun and plot echoes of Netflix’s own blockbuster Squid Game.—
Mathew Scott,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Aftershocks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aftershocks. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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