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Example Sentences

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The deal was reached shortly after workers there voted to authorize a strike, just days before the U.S. national team’s opening World Cup match.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

His wife enlisted in the army shortly after him, and heads his unit's troop support service.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

They were unable to save him, and he was declared dead shortly after, according to the LAFD.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Last year, shortly after the fire happened, Hong Kong's anti-graft watchdog had arrested two directors of the development's structural engineering consultancy Will Power Architects.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

I’d dumped the melted ice out shortly after Jack and I finished the popcorn.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day