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rattle

[rat-l] / ˈræt l /




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Once the bluest of blue-chip stocks, IBM’s biggest-ever decline on Tuesday following a profit warning did little to rattle investors focused on a dip in inflation and on AI winners.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

And while risks of “renewed flare-ups” and headlines that could rattle investors, those dips should still be bought.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

Aftershocks continued to rattle the country into Sunday morning.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

That’s a headache for many companies but unlikely to rattle the market, which is coming to terms with the view that tariffs are here to stay—but with some guardrails.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

Like their battle might rattle the universe until everything was destroyed.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle

"So, when someone rattles you, knocks you off your game, breaks your focus, you find yourself interrupted, paused, with changing disrupting rhythms."

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

We learn that the enormous feathered serpent Kukulkan was raised by his sister—and that he rattles the earth every year to let her know he’s still alive.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

Such talk rattles many here who grew up in a country where government buildings still bear the revolutionary motto: “Homeland or death, we will prevail.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 22, 2026

The thought of garnishing wages from seniors on fixed incomes particularly rattles Pressley.

From Salon Mar. 17, 2026

His breath rattles in and out as he reads Mr. Fabian’s note.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

For several months now, stocks linked to the sector have been regularly rattled by such fears.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

The family was ultimately able to board after an Air Canada representative reissued a ticket; however, the entire airport experience left the family rattled.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

She recalled getting emotional and "a bit rattled" as the evening approached.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

For much of 2026, markets have been periodically rattled by escalating tensions in the Middle East and concerns that a prolonged threat to global oil exports would raise fuel costs and derail the global economy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

I kind of remember a time when Mom couldn’t get out of bed and had a scary cough that rattled in her chest.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

High fuel prices, which are currently rattling the industry, have previously been a catalyst for airline industry shake-ups.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

A good biscuit seems to become more itself after rattling around in a basket for a while.

From Salon Jun. 18, 2026

The drama, the music, the pow-pow-pow of those 6-inch guns and those gallant—yes, “most beautiful”—ships rattling amid the waves.

From Slate Jun. 11, 2026

Commandos for the National Guard Special Forces, or FERI, secured the training exercise area and rescued a "hostage" amid a haze of explosions, smoke, and rattling gunfire.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

It seemed to be coming from all around us, roaring, rattling, creaking, clanking, and it was coming closer all the time.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo




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