rattling
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The weeks-long hospitalization of Mitch McConnell, the former Republican leader in the US Senate, was rattling his party's narrow majority on Tuesday as members awaited word on whether he would return.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
Two powerful earthquakes hit Venezuela on Wednesday, causing buildings to collapse in the capital of Caracas and rattling other cities as videos posted online showed people scrambling for safety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 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
The most unsettling loose thought rattling around his mind was that Morgan Stanley was about to go under.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing rattling
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
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