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The tariffs come shortly after pandemic-era supply chain disruptions pushed up car prices for U.S. drivers.
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Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
Hornigold had never known his mother, as he was taken back to the UK by his father shortly after being born on a British Army base in Germany in 1974.
—Charley Ross, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2025
Later that evening, James made a buzzer-beater to help the Lakers defeat the Indiana Pacers and took to Instagram shortly after to clown SAS.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 27 Mar. 2025
In fact, cookies returned to the Heat’s plane shortly after and are still available on team flights to this day.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
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Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
Hornigold had never known his mother, as he was taken back to the UK by his father shortly after being born on a British Army base in Germany in 1974.
—Charley Ross, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2025
Later that evening, James made a buzzer-beater to help the Lakers defeat the Indiana Pacers and took to Instagram shortly after to clown SAS.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 27 Mar. 2025
In fact, cookies returned to the Heat’s plane shortly after and are still available on team flights to this day.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Shortly after.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortly%20after. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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