rattle
Example Sentences
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Some rattlesnakes may be disturbed by a person who is 20 feet away and rattle in the hopes of getting the person to leave the area.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
AFP journalists in Dandong, the main gateway for cross-border travel and trade, saw a mostly empty passenger train rattle over a bridge into North Korea this week.
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026
Horsfield’s version shows the kind of sumptuous cage many aspire to live in, revealing why some people prefer to remain lavishly trapped, and others rattle the bars, hoping for escape.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026
Fuel disruptions could increase costs and rattle consumer behavior beyond the short term, businesses say in shareholder reports.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
In the moments after the earthquake, smaller, secondary earthquakes, called aftershocks, continued to rattle the landscape.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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