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vibrate

[vahy-brayt] / ˈvaɪ breɪt /


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Acting somewhat like a microscopic tuning fork, the resonator can vibrate for two milliseconds.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Lisa-Kaindé: It’s about living in a way that is aligned with what makes you vibrate, what makes you feel alive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

“Nothing beats feeling the ground vibrate, seeing the charting of the wheels and hearing the whistle,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Some of Epicore Biosystems' devices vibrate gently when they calculate that it is time for you to take a swig of fluid, to avoid becoming dehydrated.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

Kelly was so loud that George could feel the phone vibrate.

From "George" by Alex Gino

Some fans do just that, but the packed stadium vibrates harder with cheers as thousands of phones stay in the air.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

"Some atoms report where the charge is going, while others reveal how the whole molecule vibrates."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026

"What happens in any part of this ocean vibrates through all of us," she told AFP.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

Nevertheless, Bonnie’s doting parents hope that Lilypad will help Bonnie make friends, oblivious to how the gizmo — and soon, their daughter — vibrates with anxiety.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

My system vibrates at the sound of the song.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

Inside the machine, which looked like a large blender with a metal doughnut inside, blue and orange lights vibrated within glass tubes, while feathery electricity danced out the top.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

There was a low rumble that vibrated for a second or two, then faded away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2026

Each sample was then placed on the actuator and vibrated at ultrasonic frequencies.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2025

At around 15:00 on Sunday, mobiles vibrated and sounded for about 10 seconds in the second test of the system.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2025

He pressed a button, and El Monstruo vibrated to life, hissing angrily like we’d woken it up from a nice nap.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

“I always spent the end of the day on ‘Widow’s Bay’ going, ‘My God, I’m exhausted’ — because you’re just vibrating on a higher level with Tom,” Rhys said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

It’s another one of those quiet storm numbers; everything is still vibrating at a very high level.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

"It then carried on going for a couple of minutes but there was a horrible vibrating sound."

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

There were demonstrations of a countertop mill for grinding wheat into homemade flour and a vibrating platform that purports to drain the lymphatic system.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

Olanna could feel the ground underneath vibrating with each boom.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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