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How to use the word shortly in a Sentence?

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For me, my own journey,( it was about) finding a higher power and leaning on that and being like, ‘ Please save me, ’ and then feeling saved, and then shortly later,( I met) the woman of my dreams.

Chris Pratt

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’ve been obsessively checking my email, hopefully the money will be able to be transferred shortly.

Stefan Kalb

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We’ll hopefully be able to get him released from all custody here shortly.

Jennifer Cervantes

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Anybody who doesn’t use this will shortly be at a severe disadvantage. Like, shortly. Like, very soon, i’m just thinking about my cognitive ability with this tool. Versus before, it’s a lot higher, and my efficiency and productivity is way higher.

Jeff Maggioncalda

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Look back from shortly before the president launched his campaign to now, the accuracy rate of pundits’ negative predictions about him or his strategies is dismal, our MO, by contrast, has aged well: Tune out the noise, do the work, deliver; and remember that the president knows the American people and they know him.

White House

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We must not accept anything other than a short-term Continuing Resolution that funds the federal government until shortly after the 118th Congress is sworn in, no additional spending, no additional policy priorities should be included.

The Senate letter

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

School boards matter very much, i think we'll continue to review it and make some decisions shortly.

Glenn Youngkin

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

After our aircraft experienced a mechanical issue shortly after takeoff, it remained in the air to burn fuel and then landed safely, passengers deplaned at the gate and a new aircraft is scheduled to depart this morning.

United Airlines

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Shortly after the arrival of these individuals, Martha’s Vineyard residents joined with local and state officials to create temporary shelter and provide necessities in a moment of urgent need, however, the island communities are not equipped to provide sustainable accommodation, and state officials developed a plan to deliver a comprehensive humanitarian response.

Charlie Baker

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

They're a significant concern, russia and China are both developing those capabilities and will be fielding those capabilities shortly.

The US

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We've heard it several times while it was on the motorcade. I think during the speech, shortly thereafter, Donald Trump had finished the speech, that the President was getting into the motorcade and Donald Trump was upset. And Donald Trump adamantly wanted to go to the Capitol, and even when we departed from the Ellipse it was repeated again. ... It was a heated argument in the limo. And Donald Trump wanted to definitely go to the Capitol.

Mark Robinson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Shortly after I posted the video.

Tom Korinek

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Get ready as SENSEX is shortly going to plunge down to 52750 from the current position of 52830. Baxtard SBI securities has already shut down its mobile trading app by giving technical error baseless reason so that traders money can be looted

Lakshheish M Patel

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1 year ago

We expect an FDA decision shortly after the advisory committee meeting, and we look forward to this process playing out, the FDA authorization is not the final step in the process before vaccinations can begin. CDC must also issue its recommendations. If the FDA authorizes the vaccines, the CDC will have its advisory committee meetings and ultimately the CDC director will make her recommendations.

Ashish Jha

Found on CNN
1 year ago

BA.2.12.1 is 25 % more contagious than BA.2, which we know is very contagious, so, they expect that that variant will be dominant shortly.

Lori Tremmel Freeman

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This is the first early armoured dinosaur to be named from the entire Asian continent and helps to show how the group spread around the world shortly after its origin just a few million years earlier.

Paul Barrett

Found on CNN
2 years ago

At some point, this male was struck in the chest and he dropped his weapon, went down to the ground, officers picked him up, transported him to Penn Presbyterian hospital, but unfortunately, he was pronounced shortly after 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia Police Sgt. Eric Gripp

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Trevor Reed was subjected to a lengthy, close-contact exposure to a prisoner who had active TB in December - that prisoner became gravely ill shortly after Trevor Reed encounter with Trevor Reed. Despite beginning post-exposure prophylaxis for other inmates, Russian authorities have refused to do the same for Trevor Reed and have thus far refused to test Trevor Reed.

Jonathan Franks

Found on CNN
2 years ago

These connected devices are at a greater risk of being disconnected from the network but individual vendors do spend time to alert their users that their 3G systems will be decommissioned shortly.

Dimitris Mavrakis

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Shortly after this call, the local 911 Center received additional calls( referencing) unconscious subjects in and around the pool area, others described symptoms such as dizziness and a burning in their throat.

Police Chief Tony Brooks

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Sadly both calves died shortly after birth, the next few days will be touch and go for the new twins but we all have our fingers crossed for their survival.

Iain Douglas-Hamilton

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It was rescued in early November from Harbor Island Drive, was released shortly after and has been showing up in kind of odd situations and spots since then, this is the weirdest, though.

Eric Otjen

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

That decision will be made here shortly.

Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It is in the public’s interest to know if any of the four principals [President, Vice President, First Lady, and Second Gentleman] are considered to have been in close contact with a White House official who subsequentlytestedpositive for COVID-19 shortly after that contact, the criteria for what is considered a 'close contact' with the principals is determined by the White House Medical Unit, in line with CDC guidance.

White House

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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