shake
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"Suddenly it started to shake and I panicked," 31-year-old hospital customer service official and Maumere resident, Lukas Lotar, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
From the jump, it’s hard to shake the feeling that “Tony” is mistakenly aligning itself with the public’s idea of Bourdain rather than the man’s reality.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
People living next to a quarry say their homes shake, pictures fall off the wall and their children are frightened each time huge rocks are blasted.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Working on this story makes me want to further explore the ways they’ll shake up hiring and the workplace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
This seemed to shake some of the scare out of Mama.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
At one point, amid the bewildering turmoil, one of the Politburo members simply shakes his head and says: “I’ve had nightmares that made more sense than this.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The TV variation of Max Cady is where the classic prestige drama Difficult Man shakes hands with a manosphere cultist’s pent-up aggression.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
At the National Mall, the fencing design for the state fair drew head shakes and confusion from some tourists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Protein shakes may soon become easier to enjoy thanks to new research showing that changes in whey protein production can improve both taste and texture.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 15, 2026
The vibrating shakes to a stop, like a PlayStation controller after a boss fight.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
DeepSeek, the Chinese AI developer that shook markets last January after releasing its own advanced model, quickly faded as a threat to the AI boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Dan shook his head, as if he himself couldn’t believe it, even though he had presumably been there.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Whoa! We are having an earthquake. Our whole studio just shook. That was pretty big, I can tell you. The desk shook, the lights shook,” one anchor said, as an overhead light trembled slightly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
She is overwhelmed by memories of other nightmare disasters, such as the massive earthquake that shook the same region in 1999 and left nearly 1,200 dead.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
“Without you guys and this past year . . .” She shook her head before looking away again.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Use it anywhere a little concentrated summer would be welcome: shaken into cocktails or mocktails, stirred into iced matcha or sparkling water, drizzled over gelato or spooned onto yogurt.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Others, like Arnold Welianto, who lives in Talibura, a village near the coastline in Sikka, East Nusa Tenggara, were shaken out of their beds.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
A string of aftershocks have shaken the area since the initial quake, further rattling locals in stifling summer temperatures, forecast to hit at least 35C later in the day and a heatstroke warning issued.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
When Deep Fission broke ground in December, some residents were shaken.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
When I arrived at Francis’s apartment, I found Francis badly shaken and Camilla in tears.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Oil, hunters and Dr. Phil: How a long-shot project is shaking Up Greenland.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Her husband "managed to grab one little dog" before fleeing the shaking building, Paredes said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Weak shaking, which might feel like a truck has passed by, was felt farther away, including areas like San Francisco, San Mateo, Berkeley, San José, Santa Cruz and San Rafael.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Seismometers nearest the epicentre registered shaking lasting between 90 seconds and two minutes.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Old Rupert was shaking his fist in the miller’s face.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
