morning after, the

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1. The unpleasant results of an earlier activity, especially overindulgence in alcohol. For example, A headache is just one of the symptoms of the morning after. This expression originated in the late 1800s as a synonym for a hangover (and was often put as the morning after the night before). By the mid-1900s, however, it was also being used more loosely for the aftereffects of staying up late.

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morning after, the

The pair were evacuated from their home the following morning, after the vans were found abandoned at the end of their driveway.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Qualcomm’s stock was popping Tuesday morning after the company announced a collaboration with Amazon.com for multiple generations of custom chips for large-scale artificial-intelligence data centers.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

The morning after the address, “Fox & Friends,” the network’s flagship three-hour morning show that typically serves as a rallying ground for administration priorities, pointedly neglected to even cover the speech.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

Hottle died Tuesday morning after the car she was a passenger in crashed into a culvert off the side of the road in Ijamsville, Md., the Frederick County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

On the third morning after the rain, Luke’s stomach churned as he sat on his perch watching the neighborhood empty out.

From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix