seismic
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Kent County Council's Green Group leader, Mark Hood, said the result was "seismic" for Kent and for the country.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Govan acknowledged that below-grade costs were quite large because they went toward 56 seismic base isolators, which can move 5 feet in any direction in the event of an earthquake.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Goodspeed travels back to the 18th century to downturns in the U.S. and the United Kingdom to explain why the common narrative that one seismic shock will flip an economy on its head is wrong.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Woods’s contributions to the game of golf are seismic, but he doesn’t need to be reminded of that for a while.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
But then I get to rehearsal, and there’s this sudden seismic shift.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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Vocabulary lists containing seismic
Brace Yourself: Earthquake Words
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Super Seismic: Words for Volcanoes and Earthquakes
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