jiggle
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In an AI era when attackers can jiggle every virtual doorknob continuously, human defenders don’t stand a chance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
One could be to vibrate the oxygen-making machine device, which might jiggle the bubbles free.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2025
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
I jiggle the latch on Mr. Bender’s gate and swing it open.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
He fidgets with a pair of eyeglasses and points a knobby index finger to underscore a point, jiggles his leg restlessly and, at one point, mimes playing guitar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
We used on-set projectors, we’d then add little shakes and jiggles to get that scintillating effect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
Noise often jiggles the underlying data, but the topology remains the same—revealing robust features of the system.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 26, 2022
Bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees F. Bars are done when the curd is darker, jiggles only slightly, and touching it leaves a light indent.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2022
Her eyes staring straight ahead, Helen jiggles her arm so I know the brush was intentional.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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
If something has jiggled the fabric of space — like the long-ago collision of a black hole — one arm elongates or contracts out of sync with the other.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 3, 2017
Lissa jiggled the board accidentally, and I nudged a checker back into position.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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
Reins jiggling, horses snorting and pooting, buggy rocking and creaking, steel wheel rims hitting rocks, a caw-caw from a crow somewhere, T.R. way off in the woods, barking at something.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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