seismic
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Most provocative are the thousands of small seismic tremors that emanated from the area of the slide in the days prior to the mountainside collapsing.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
The move—explained at the time as beneficial to sponsors and protective to all three teams—negated Mighty Mary’s seismic win and kept Conner in the mix.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
As soon as we’ve adjusted to the absurdism, Iñárritu gives the movie a seismic jolt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Carla Lockhart, a local MP from the pro-British Democratic Unionist Party, called the appeal overturn "seismic" and said residents had nothing to fear.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
The creases around his eyes were seismic in the morning light, but they were turned up.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
Vocabulary lists containing seismic
Brace Yourself: Earthquake Words
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Super Seismic: Words for Volcanoes and Earthquakes
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