How to Use shortly after in a Sentence

shortly after

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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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 effort announced this week comes shortly after Marquette laid out plans to cut $31 million from its budget over the next seven years.
    — Journal Sentinel, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The scene takes place shortly after Priscilla’s arrival at Graceland.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The actor’s appearance on the podcast took place shortly after the writers strike began and before the actors strike kicked off.
    — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Annecy Kenny, 25, arrived shortly after to make sure neither of them missed it.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Note how the budget shortfalls exploded shortly after the U.S. removed itself from the gold standard in the early 1970s.
    — Mike Patton, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Israel imposed a land, sea and air blockade on the territory shortly after that, alongside Egypt.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 31 July 2024

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