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quake

[kweyk] / kweɪk /




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That classic will forever be known in Seattle as the Beast Quake game, when Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch broke nine tackles to score a 67-yard touchdown.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

Seattle may have experienced its own Swift Quake last July, but at an August 2023 concert Taylor Swift's fans in Los Angeles gave scientists a lot of shaking to ponder.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2024

In 1997 Ms. Jaquays joined id Software, the company that made groundbreaking first-person shooters like Doom and Quake.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

They were 10-point underdogs at home against the defending Super Bowl champion Saints before pulling out as unlikely a victory, a 41-36 win punctuated by the Beast Quake run.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2024

Meanwhile, downloading software and MP3s was sometimes agonizingly slow; even worse, they’d gotten their butts kicked when they went online to play Quake or Half-Life against geeks who did have cable modems.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz




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