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He essentially became part of the inner circle of grief as the case, and the ensuing police manhunt, dominated the news cycle.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

In the ensuing years, Penn took fewer major movie roles as he pursued his own activism.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

The best picture blunder has kept “Moonlight” and “La La Land” under the microscope for nine years now, and made the incident the blueprint for each ensuing Oscar season’s inevitable drama.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

Sierra Canyon’s Delaney White received the ensuing inbounds pass, dribbled into the frontcourt, pulled up behind the three-point line and launched a potential tying jumper, but it hit the rim and bounced off.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

Pope John died, and in the ensuing power shift all the philosophers and mathematicians like Dionysius were kicked out of office.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife