jiggle
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What matters is how fast we deploy digital defenders to jiggle those doorknobs—and tighten them—beforehand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
The Lego conceit proves an ideal format for visually embodying these tunes, as bouncing abstract creations spring and jiggle to musical life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2024
When atoms in a lattice jiggle together, the collective excitation is known as a phonon.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 28, 2023
"They don't get paid enough money in my opinion so I am quite happy to jiggle things around so we can support them," she says, adding that she hopes the dispute is resolved soon.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2023
I love how the Spanish disco thumps out from windows, and how the people propped halfway out still jiggle and dance in the sill and frame.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
As your brain jiggles and twists, neurons—the long, cordlike cells that transmit signals in the brain—stretch and fray.
From Slate ● Mar. 17, 2024
If you tweak one, the rest jiggles for a while and then comes back to where it was.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
Noise often jiggles the underlying data, but the topology remains the same—revealing robust features of the system.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 26, 2022
It works for a couple of turns of the crank but soon jiggles loose.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2019
Then Kristina shows up as Mrs. Houck jiggles her key into the back door.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
Kylie Jenner kept rubbing and patting Chalamet’s hand while he nervously jiggled his right leg.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
"There was an old lady who swallowed a spider that wriggled, and jiggled and tickled inside her..."
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2023
He jiggled the door handle to an office that he believed belonged to Pelosi, but it was locked.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2022
Criminals prefer not to draw attention to themselves, so devices that simply sound alarms if a door is jiggled can be effective deterrents.
From Washington Post ● May 20, 2021
To stay warm, I jiggled from one foot to the other.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
Softening rather than stiffening when moving through space requires embracing your body’s natural sway and tiny micro-movements, like an ankle wobbling or knee jiggling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Common triggers were leg, hand or foot movements - jiggling thighs, twitchy fingers and shuffling shoes.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2024
Others joined in: jiggling, dancing and waving to police officers parked nearby.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 24, 2023
Which is why there’s so much debate about whether Ralph Yarl was jiggling the knob or whatever.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2023
His leg stops jiggling, and he draws in a deep pleading breath.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
