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aftershock

noun as in aftereffect

noun as in quake

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When the time comes, these words from Ms. Antonetta will merit consideration: “Programs of euthanasia and sterilization don’t just live in the past, terrible but finished. Their aftershocks are terrible and here.”

I’m then slapped with what feels like a gigantic wall of sunsum—an aftershock of the undoubtedly massive amount of power that Amokye holds.

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"The shutdown ends with a vote and a signature; the aftershocks show up in queues, call centres and cash-flow stress far away from the Capitol dome."

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In the moments after the earthquake, smaller, secondary earthquakes, called aftershocks, continued to rattle the landscape.

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Authorities issued a brief tsunami warning after the initial tremor, which has been followed by several strong aftershocks.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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