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after

[af-ter, ahf-] / ˈæf tər, ˈɑf- /


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My father and I eventually reconciled at his house a few years after I signed with the Braves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

In an interview with police after her arrest in 2024, Lady Donaldson said they were both fully clothed, but described it as an "unexplained situation".

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

An upward move this week would mark the first hike since September 2023, after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine beginning in February of the previous year drove an energy-price spike.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

But after a year, in 1967, I was drafted by the Atlanta Braves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Surviving that, he should have died of shock soon after reaching Cavendish.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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