after a while
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"I'm going to make a huge difference to Henry's profile. You're going to see him everywhere. You'll probably be bored of him after a while."
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2026
“You can get bored after a while, and work might start to look more attractive.”
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 10, 2025
Ms McCubbin said when she came out hospital, she was using a zimmer frame and after a while she decided "no more".
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2025
When you are working and your experiences are mostly coming through scripted, mostly fictional stuff, after a while, there’s that possibility that you start to feel a little disconnected from actual life and the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025
It's mostly higher-ups, I realize after a while.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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