jiggle
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"It's this superconducting gel that we're sort of seeing jiggle," von Hoegen says.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 17, 2026
What matters is how fast we deploy digital defenders to jiggle those doorknobs—and tighten them—beforehand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
I’ve spent entire evenings Googling ranch dressing varietals, decoding the semiotics of suburban chain restaurant menus, pondering the subtle thrill of foods that jiggle.
From Salon ● May 26, 2025
Some attendees’ legs jiggle dramatically as they adjust to the board’s movement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
To get the door open, I have to jiggle it in the lock and simultaneously pull the knob toward me as hard as I can.
From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead
“We love you so much my sweet jiggles and we are praying with all we’ve got,” “Drag Race” staple Michelle Visage commented.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2025
If you tweak one, the rest jiggles for a while and then comes back to where it was.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2022
Noise often jiggles the underlying data, but the topology remains the same—revealing robust features of the system.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 26, 2022
In this case, the “something else” the Mandalorian accepts is Calamari Flan, which is an absolutely insane name for a currency, especially one used by squid people, especially one that jiggles when you touch it.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2019
Lolo has stuffed his hands in his pockets and jiggles the change nervously.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
Kylie Jenner kept rubbing and patting Chalamet’s hand while he nervously jiggled his right leg.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
"There was an old lady who swallowed a spider that wriggled, and jiggled and tickled inside her..."
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2023
She beamed even brighter and — why not, with so much time on her hands? — jiggled her tambourine.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2022
He jiggled the door handle to an office that he believed belonged to Pelosi, but it was locked.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2022
He jiggled his drink, as if to reset himself.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
Persin: I wish we had a bit more time to build Monstro and the Blob, to fine-tune the jiggling motion when they move.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2025
It is a difficult and intricate process where laser light is shone at the atoms to stop them jiggling about so much.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2024
Others joined in: jiggling, dancing and waving to police officers parked nearby.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 24, 2023
Which is why there’s so much debate about whether Ralph Yarl was jiggling the knob or whatever.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2023
He picked up a stone and began jiggling it from hand to hand.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
