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quake

[kweyk] / kweɪk /




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Nearly 1,100 people reported feeling Sunday’s quake, according to the USGS.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

The Nepali foreign minister's statement aligned with a US Geological Survey report of a quake in Tibet that was north of the disaster zone.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

Alfonso Malpica said he felt his ground floor flat in Granada shaking, telling El País newspaper that the quake was "stronger than the ones that happen from time to time, the ones we're used to".

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

"They haven't received aid yet because Nitung Village was isolated for nearly two days after the quake," he said, noting that efforts were underway to rush aid to the survivors.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

There was a quake running through her face.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben

In my new study, I used seismic stations in Antarctica itself to look for signs of these quakes.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

First discovered in the northern hemisphere more than 20 years ago, these quakes occur when huge chunks of ice fall from glaciers into the sea.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

Worshipers gather for a recent Sunday Mass at the St. Bartholomew the Apostle Church, which lost more than 200 parishioners in the quakes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

The quake comes less than two months after twin quakes devastated the north of neighbouring Venezuela, killing more than 6,100 people.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

“I thought you were all about facts. About freedom of information? Well, how about this fact, Caleb? When—” My voice quakes.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

He was so influential that two presidents, Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower, quaked under fear of incurring McCarthy's wrath.

From Salon Oct. 6, 2024

But on board, the 12-year-old girl quaked with fear.

From Seattle Times May 7, 2024

Neither Pinterest nor the patriarchy quaked in its boots.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 5, 2024

Connors once bent strings wildly, as if the entire guitar quaked beneath his blues.

From New York Times Sep. 22, 2022

Fred shouted as the castle quaked again, and Harry sprinted by, elated and terrified in equal measure.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

But while Wembanyama is having the time of his life, every other team in the league is quaking in its boots.

From The Wall Street Journal May 25, 2026

Troubles, however, are also quaking on the offensive side of America’s nuclear-weapons enterprise—specifically, the program to build a new land-based intercontinental ballistic missile, the Sentinel, to replace the 400 current ICBMs, known as Minuteman IIIs.

From Slate Sep. 16, 2025

Even when Keenan scored, there was a television match official check that would have had every Lions fan quaking in their boots.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2025

He sounded quite irritated that they were asking him about such trivialities when he is the one who has world leaders quaking in their boots as he re-makes the whole world in his image.

From Salon Feb. 19, 2025

Monstrous noise and quaking took over the world, but he still heard what she whispered into his ear before the Berg came crashing into the building.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner




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