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Authorities believe the photo was taken at a hotel shortly after the Wisconsin home of a Milwaukee Bucks player was burglarized on November 2, 2024.
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Karina Tsui, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
The child’s death occurred shortly after his mother called 911 around 11:40 a.m. Nov. 6 and told dispatchers that her son was unresponsive and not breathing at an apartment on Evening Creek Drive east of Interstate 15 in Sabre Springs, Dungan said.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
The agency was established by Congress shortly after a military jet from Nellis Air Force Base collided with a passenger plane 21,000 feet over Las Vegas in 1958.
—Nik Popli, TIME, 18 Feb. 2025
The rapid boil-off theory, for instance, posits that during a planet’s early years, shortly after its star has formed, the debris disk circling the star—which contains the raw ingredients that were used to build the planets—gets cleared out.
—Dakotah Tyler, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
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Karina Tsui, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
The child’s death occurred shortly after his mother called 911 around 11:40 a.m. Nov. 6 and told dispatchers that her son was unresponsive and not breathing at an apartment on Evening Creek Drive east of Interstate 15 in Sabre Springs, Dungan said.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
The agency was established by Congress shortly after a military jet from Nellis Air Force Base collided with a passenger plane 21,000 feet over Las Vegas in 1958.
—Nik Popli, TIME, 18 Feb. 2025
The rapid boil-off theory, for instance, posits that during a planet’s early years, shortly after its star has formed, the debris disk circling the star—which contains the raw ingredients that were used to build the planets—gets cleared out.
—Dakotah Tyler, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Shortly after.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortly%20after. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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