in the wake of

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in the wake of something

Fig. after something; as a result of some event. (Alludes to a ship's wake.) We had no place to live in the wake of the fire. In the wake of the storm, there were many broken tree limbs.

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Both men then looked with a weird unholy interest in the wake of Gaffer's boat. Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context So I, too, with the rest of the world, was following in the wake of the magical music. The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context Hence the houses of this district, having had a thousand dwellers, should have a thousand tales to tell, mostly dull ones, no doubt; but it would be strange if there could not be found a ghost or two in the wake of all these vagrant guests. The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context			in the road in the rough in the running in the saddle in the same ballpark in the same boat in the same breath in the same league in the scheme of things in the second place in the shadow of in the short run in the short term in the soup in the spotlight in the stretch in the strict sense in the swim of things in the teeth of in the thick of it in the toilet in the trust of in the twinkling of an eye in the unlikely event of in the vicinity of in the wake of in the way in the way of in the wilderness in the wind in the wings in the works in the world in the worst way in the wrong in the wrong place in the wrong place at the wrong time in the zone in theory in there pitching in these parts in this day and age in this regard in those parts in time in times past in token of in top form in total in touch in touch with			In the Supreme Court of the United States In the Supreme Court of the United States No. 78–18, 1971 Term In the Supreme Court of the United States October Term, 1970 No. ….. in the swim in the swim in the swim of things In the tank In the teeth in the teeth of in the thick of it in the toilet In the Trenches In the Trenches in the trust of in the twinkling of an eye in the twinkling of an eye in the twinkling of an eye in the ultimate analysis in the ultimate analysis in the ultimate analysis in the ultimate analysis in the ultimate analysis in the unlikely event of in the unlikely event that happens in the unlikely event that happens if in the usual course of things in the vicinity in the vicinity of in the vicinity of in the vicinity of in the wake of In the Wake of Gods in the way in the way in the way in the way in the way of in the way of someone in the way of someone or something In the way with in the whole in the whole wide world in the whole wide world in the whole wide world in the whole wide world in the whole world in the whole world in the whole world in the whole world In the Wild In the Wild in the wilderness in the wind in the wind in the wind in the wind in the wind In the wind's eye in the wings in the wings in the wings

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