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Just under 140,000 people met that final deadline, but years of litigation ensued and it wasn’t until almost four years later, by late July 2025, that they had to file evidence for their claims.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

In 2018, Buckingham split with Fleetwood Mac and a legal battle over lost wages with his former band ensued.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

He said that while the attack on Iran had been anticipated, its timing and the duration of the war that has ensued were surprising.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

The opprobrium that ensued in the course of a shamelessly one-sided trial shredded their reputations, cost them their jobs and led to an incurable banishment from public life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

I started out trying to read this novel I’d been assigned, but we lived in a tragically thin-walled home, so I could hear much of the whispered conversation that ensued.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green