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[then] / ðɛn /




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As the majority of the 80,000 fans went wild, Mexico's players mobbed the Wolves striker, the achievement sunk in for Jimenez, who was then in tears.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

“Buyers can then call, message or book an appointment with a local agent right from the ad.”

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

It raises questions of structural integrity: When you depict a character like her as the antagonist of a show’s very likable heroine, you cannot then treat that antagonist as a heroine herself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

But then this team has been a project years in the making.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

She goes over to the mini fridge in the corner then returns with a bottle of water and sits back down.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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