shudder
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An omen among omens: Mid-dog-walk that day, I spot a onesie that reads “Milk Drunk” and shudder at the impulse to recruit our newborns into low-key bacchanalia.
From Slate • May 10, 2026
On Tuesday, a report by the Wall Street Journal about OpenAI missing some of its revenue and user-growth targets last year appeared to send a shudder through the semiconductor space.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026
Liu cast an envious eye toward Trump’s ability to make the world shudder over U.S. tariffs, which he said was the result of dollar-wielding American consumers’ buying power.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 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
“The most dangerous animal in the woods might well prove to be ‘Uncle Freddy,’” she thought with a shudder.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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