rattle
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Light shaking, generally noticeable indoors by many and strong enough to rattle dishes and windows, was felt in Oakland and nearby San Leandro and Alameda.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
The number and variety of plants increased over time, including locally rare species such as southern marsh orchid, greater tussock-sedge, yellow rattle and common centaury.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
"You felt the office rattle and you heard the loud noise."
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The bet from Paraguay—and potentially any other opponent hoping to rattle Les Bleus—was that the French players would lose their heads eventually.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
We can’t have some random hate group trying to rattle us.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Then I remembered that the ceiling fan has one speed at which it rattles faintly but insistently, so I got out of bed, yanked the chain and sent the blades spinning faster.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Ann Lipton, a law professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, said Trump knows the value of his statements and that the more he rattles markets, the more valuable his new service becomes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Harvey has so many bangles that she rattles as she walks.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
His alarm clock, a big and bulky machine that’s Bluetooth-connected to the house’s fire alarm, rattles his room until he finally shuts it off.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
“I am the one you call the Msaidizi,” it says in a booming voice that rattles the room.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
At the speak-out, she was suddenly rattled by her own silence and the invisibility of these stories in the culture at large.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Into this room my grandmother rattled every morning.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
The vacillation in Treasurys following the government’s pledge to suppress longer-duration yields have rattled stock investors, too.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
The move will also have rattled the likes of Taiwan and Japan, which have long relied on US security guarantees in the region.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
The word rattled in the boy’s brain; it shook in his heart.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
Somewhere very early, I learned that rattling meant somebody was awake.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
She’ll complain about me needing to find a secretary before rattling off the results, links to Slate articles and a recent award.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Power over housing development that was long in the hands of city halls has gradually shifted toward the state capitol, rattling some locals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Market uncertainty about Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s commitment to tackling inflation has also caused tremors, pushing up long-term borrowing costs to 19-year highs and rattling stocks along the way.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
The heater clicks on: a gust of warm air, rattling slightly.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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