Fix dd issue in calling PauliString.after. #16530

Job	Run time
Changed files test	1m 12s
Doc test	1m 48s
Coverage check	11m 46s
Build protos	13s
Format check	8s
Isolated pytest Ubuntu	7m 27s
Lint check	4m 12s
Pytest MacOS (3.10)	6m 44s
Type check	1m 29s
Notebook formatting	16s
Pytest MacOS (3.11)	8m 55s
Notebook Tests against PR	10m 30s
Pytest MacOS (3.12)	12m 39s
Packaging test	1m 12s
Changed Notebooks Isolated Test against Cirq stable (partition-0)	48s
Check consistency of requirements	27s
Changed Notebooks Isolated Test against Cirq stable (partition-1)	47s
Pytest Ubuntu (3.10)	7m 12s
Changed Notebooks Isolated Test against Cirq stable (partition-2)	51s
Pytest Ubuntu with NumPy-2 (3.10)	6m 50s
Pytest Ubuntu (3.11)	6m 47s
Misc check	6s
Pytest Ubuntu with NumPy-2 (3.11)	6m 25s
Changed Notebooks Isolated Test against Cirq stable (partition-3)	45s
Pytest Ubuntu (3.12)	6m 43s
Pytest Ubuntu with NumPy-2 (3.12)	7m 34s
Shell check	7s
Bundle file consistency	49s
Typescript tests coverage	43s
Typescript lint check	34s
Typescript tests	37s
Pytest Windows (3.10)	9m 31s
Pytest Windows (3.11)	12m 50s
Pytest Windows (3.12)	9m 45s
	2h 28m 42s

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