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The two women, mother and daughter, sat on a mattress covering half the sidewalk on the shady side of Western Avenue, still shivering in the morning chill.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Louis said: "She was very pale, very cold, shivering, barely clinging on to the board."

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

They complain about ending up covered in manure or dust, or shivering in a freezer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

I start shivering five minutes in; the man in sweatpants and Crocs appears unbothered.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2026

But it was one of these mornings while we were waiting, shivering, in the corridor, that yet another page in the Bible leapt into life for me.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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