rattle
Example Sentences
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Lenders everywhere might have grown lax, which is why fraud-related defaults at some financial companies have rattled bank stocks.
Horsfield’s version shows the kind of sumptuous cage many aspire to live in, revealing why some people prefer to remain lavishly trapped, and others rattle the bars, hoping for escape.
From Salon
Memory costs have rattled tech companies as demand outpaces supply due to the rising need for the hardware that powers AI.
From Barron's
While questioning the tech billionaire, Lanier said he noticed “something he does when he’s rattled,” and tried to take advantage of it.
But I suppose I was a quite unsentimental young man in many ways and I was always on the lookout for some material where I could a rattle the public’s cage a bit.
From Los Angeles Times
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