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shake

[sheyk] / ʃeɪk /




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Wood reshuffled his management team, making Howard Stoeckel, who’d later succeed him as CEO, vice president of marketing, and empowering him to shake up the inside of Wawa’s stores.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

“Yet, nothing seems to shake this market,” the strategists wrote.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

The Vances, however, can’t seem to shake off suspicions that they loathe each other, no matter how many smiles they flash at the camera.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2026

Having driven to a safe distance, "I pulled over, and I was just in shock and started to shake", he said, although he was reassured after an ambulance crew checked him over.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

I saw her close her eyes, shake her head, and then very slowly open her eyes again.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

The TV variation of Max Cady is where the classic prestige drama Difficult Man shakes hands with a manosphere cultist’s pent-up aggression.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

She shakes out our hair on the euphoric Good For The Soul, and throws shapes to the filtered grooves of Love Sensation, external.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

Protein shakes may soon become easier to enjoy thanks to new research showing that changes in whey protein production can improve both taste and texture.

From Science Daily Jun. 15, 2026

“This is a little uncomfortable for us,” said Gurley as people nearby tried plastic shot glasses of Fanta-infused orange shakes and Sprite mixed with pear syrup.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

She shakes her head, like it’s hard for her to keep going.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

The devastating earthquake that shook the country last month also slowed the progress.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

The two women whistled and shook a bag of food in the hope of drawing out a cat gone missing for days.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

Consumer stocks are a focus for the CIO, a view that hurt performance somewhat in the second quarter when oil price fears shook expectations for Asian consumer behavior.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

"Our house shook, the doorbell went off. I thought it was a sonic boom because we've experienced that before," he said.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

“That tumble I took out of the wagon yesterday shook loose every bone in my body,” she said.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

While the whole family were "shaken and upset for the boys" she has become angry after hearing that this was "not an isolated event".

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

The undertakers were "shaken" and flagged down a passing police car, the court was told.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

“This sort of malaise that we’ve seen is going to need to be shaken by some positive catalyst,” said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Protesters are demanding the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, whom they hold responsible for a series of exam irregularities that have shaken confidence in India's education system.

From Barron's Jul. 22, 2026

Ralph, shaken but relieved to find himself uninjured, peeped out of the shirt pocket.

From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary

The result is a cheap artificial-intelligence system that users can download and customize, an American counterpart to a host of upstart Chinese models that are shaking up the AI race.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

Time, silt and seismic shaking have filled in much of the “cut,” but you can see it in myriad movies, most famously director John Ford’s classic “Stagecoach.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

But "the lack of key lifelines -- water, power" has hit locals hard, said Hiroyuki Matsushima, 53, who works at a supermarket in Yatsushiro, one of the districts where shaking was strongest.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

"I was shaking, I was just shaking and my heart was pounding," Urmston told the BBC.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

“We don’t have the money for the rent,” I said, shaking my head.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff




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