after a while
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Ms McCubbin said when she came out hospital, she was using a zimmer frame and after a while she decided "no more".
From BBC
A lack of evidence pointing to their origins has plagued investigations into the incidents since they began in September, as in many cases the drones depart after a while.
From BBC
“There was a man sitting at the table reading a newspaper and drinking a cup of coffee,” Klein said by phone, “and after a while, he got up and left, and another person sat down at the same table and picked up the same newspaper and continued drinking the same cup of coffee.”
From New York Times
“Things add up after a while.”
From New York Times
After a while, a chatbot can begin to reflect your thoughts and aims, according to researchers like the A.I. pioneer Terry Sejnowski.
From New York Times
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