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• Roczen took the lead shortly after the start of the main event, but was among a number of top riders who fell during the first half of the race.
  — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2024
• Hintz added his first goal shortly after to give the Stars a 2-0 lead just over five minutes into the game.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
• In a statement shortly after the attack, the health ministry said 500 people had been killed in the strike.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
• The website Just One Thing launched shortly after the Oct. 7 attacks.
  — Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2023
• Plummer agreed to terms on a contract with the team shortly after the draft concluded.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 10 May 2024
• In a statement issued shortly after the vote, Desmond also said the cost of the properties was too high.
  — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 May 2023
• Until one day shortly after Krok’s 21st birthday, when the truth came out.
  — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• It was designed, in part, to gather light that has been travelling to Earth since shortly after the big bang.
  — David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2023
• The first fitting allowed for the waistband to be taken in a little plus small tweaks made to the thigh, with the finished jeans ready shortly after.
  — Josh Condon, Robb Report, 7 Sep. 2024
• Frock was fired shortly after his charges were announced.
  — Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2024
• Police released him on bail shortly after due to a ruling from the country's supreme court.
  — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 12 July 2023
• Officers were called to the scene shortly after 9:30 p.m. local time, but Gomez and the juvenile had already fled the area of the shooting.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 16 May 2023
• Police said that a portion of the large crash scene caught on fire shortly after the initial incident.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2023
• Otoniel Feliz and Zoila Dominici — the parents of the infant who died — spoke out shortly after his death.
  — Brian Anthony Hernandez, Peoplemag, 11 June 2024
• White said Detroit Police received a call about 4:20 p.m. and arrived at the scene shortly after.
  — Liam Rappleye, Detroit Free Press, 7 Sep. 2024
• Workers had been rehired shortly after the renovation and had been in rehearsals leading up to the soft launch at the end of June.
  — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2024
• In a video released shortly after the Oct. 7 attack, Haniyeh and a group of about a dozen men gathered to pray on the floor while images of the massacre played on television.
  — Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
• Hamilton traveled to Monaco for the F1 Grand Prix shortly after.
  — Mario Abad, Robb Report, 25 May 2023
• The major averages took back some of their gains shortly after as the big cut raised concerns about the economy.
  — Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2024
• But he was drafted into the U.S. Army shortly after his 19th birthday.
  — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 29 Nov. 2023
• The Lions doubled their edge shortly after with a 23rd-minute goal from captain Robin Jansson.
  — Kyle Foley, Orlando Sentinel, 7 July 2024
• Still, when the campaign hosted an event in Iowa in an effort to get on the state's ballot shortly after the interview, Shanahan was nowhere to be seen.
  — Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2024
• That group was later dissolved shortly after he was sworn into the House in 2007, according to the chairman.
  — Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Aug. 2024
• Polls close at 6 p.m. local time and the first results are expected shortly after.
  — Jordan Kellogg, The Enquirer, 21 May 2024
• Obviously, Peter died in real life very shortly after Catherine took the throne, but the show kept him around a lot longer.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 12 May 2023
• The iconic folk singer was killed in Chile’s national stadium shortly after the coup.
  — Pablo Manríquez, The New Republic, 27 Sep. 2023
• The spa closed in the fall of 2018, shortly after the identification of the first unusual infection.
  — Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2024
• Josiah’s stock reached a new apex shortly after Christmas 2022.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2024
• Tung, who read the entire series shortly after landing the role as a Carnegie Mellon student, had hoped that the show could continue.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 1 June 2023
• The big picture: Navalny began writing the book in 2020, shortly after his poisoning with the nerve agent Novichok.
  — Ivana Saric, Axios, 15 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024