shaking
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She was shaking, her heart pounding in her ears.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Investors appeared to be shaking off the latest “tech wreck” on Thursday, as many hard-hit names linked to the artificial-intelligence trade staged a strong rebound intraday.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
Another showed a bridge over the Panama Canal shaking violently but remaining upright as vehicles travelled across it.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
About 4.6 million people felt moderate to severe shaking as a result of the quake, according to the US Geological Survey, which has said that the effects of the disaster were "likely to be widespread".
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
I’m still shaking at the thought of it.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Nothing fell to the floor or broke, but it reminded him of the January shakings and made him worry that a big quake like that occurred even five months later.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2024
The first shakings came in 1972, when the players went on strike over their pension fund; the season lost 86 games out of a total of more than 160.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 29, 2012
In the 1960s, scientists set up seismometers across the world, allowing them to measure and record the slightest shakings almost anywhere.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2011
Even more unnerving, because they are less well understood and capable of occurring anywhere at any time, are the rarer type of shakings known as intraplate quakes.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
He shook his head, quick vision-clearing shakings and established himself in the world once more.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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