shaken
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Traders also were shaken after Fed governor Chris Waller this week put the possibility of a half-point rate hike in December on the table.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
Mergers, layoffs, AI and runaway production have shaken Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026
By the time we came back together, the poor girlfriend was understandably shaken to discover, in person, the reality I’d been hiding behind a screen.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2026
The claim is the latest in a string of AI results that have shaken academia, setting off soul-searching, most notably among mathematicians, over the value of human expertise and the future of their profession.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
The rich food filled her with elation, but she was too shaken by the presence of the leopard to make up a victory poem.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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