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after

[af-ter, ahf-] / ˈæf tər, ˈɑf- /


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How patient will you all be with a player who was drafted immediately after Caitlin Clark and five spots in front of Angel Reese?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Only after dogged protests and local disapproval did the authority overseeing the project demand it be scaled back.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026

The prime minister needs to make "bold and courageous" decision to fund defence, Al Carns has said, the day after he resigned as the armed forces minister.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

He was paying more to refill his rental as he headed for a flight home, after having paid much more for the ticket than earlier in the year.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Dr. Harlow says that after Phineas leaves Boston in 1850 he gets information about his former patient only from Phineas's mother.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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