shudder
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A 1970s-style outcome, or anything close to it, would have been enough to make anyone shudder — but especially retirees and others living on fixed or semi-fixed incomes.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026
We shudder to think what the reaction would be in Washington if the battle of Tarawa were fought again today.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
On my second watch, I was shocked by how much of “One Battle After Another” already felt tattooed on my brain, down to the shudder I got from Sean Penn’s loathsome Col.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
But in the franchise’s ongoing parable of mankind’s hubris, the all-seeing enigma in “Alien: Earth” adds another reason to make us shudder.
From Salon • Sep. 18, 2025
I could feel her body shudder as she cried out, "What will we do? How will we live?"
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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