afterwards
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Anas Sarwar fell well short of his goal to become First Minister of Scotland, and swapped Holyrood for the House of Lords shortly afterwards.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Submitted to the US Air Force shortly afterwards, the footage later became one of the visual cases reviewed by Project Blue Book, the Air Force's UFO investigation programme, which ran from 1952 to 1969.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
An air valve had malfunctioned, according to the complaint, but Kettle refused to approve a fix afterwards because it would have led to train delays at Union Station.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
The fighters embraced afterwards, but while attention quickly switched to Garcia - who exchanged words with WBO champion Teofimo Lopez at ringside - Benn left the arena looking dejected.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“You’re in good hands. You’ll need a few stitches, and we’ll have to keep an eye on you for a while afterwards, okay? Laura will prep the cut, right, Laura?”
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
