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"We were very scared, we were shivering and we were contacting anyone possible, anyone possible."

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Beguiled by photos of teensy piglets, she chose the runt of the litter—a tiny, shivering nugget for $350.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

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

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2026

In the footage, an elderly grey-haired man struggles to descend a flight of stairs from a plane and is then placed on a stretcher, where he lies shivering.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

He wasn’t thrilled to go back into the storm surge, and he was growling again—growling and shivering with fear at the same time.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz




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