rattle
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Tanden can reflexively rattle off the particularities of housing protocols I couldn’t begin to decode; she titters with satisfaction upon recounting the intricacies of a long-discarded Australian cap-and-trade proposal.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
And as a film, it’s a masterpiece that will rattle around your head for days, constantly sparking more affection — and the occasional nightmare.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
The number and variety of plants increased over time, including locally rare species such as southern marsh orchid, greater tussock-sedge, yellow rattle and common centaury.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Paramount’s 23-page filing, signed by former high profiile federal prosecutor Danielle Sassoon, was intended to rattle the states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
It’s the type of estate that must be full of hidden doorways and secret passages, a sprawl of a mansion whose stairs creak and speak, while the windows rattle on the wind.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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Then I remembered that the ceiling fan has one speed at which it rattles faintly but insistently, so I got out of bed, yanked the chain and sent the blades spinning faster.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Ann Lipton, a law professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, said Trump knows the value of his statements and that the more he rattles markets, the more valuable his new service becomes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
The thud of a hammering Hulksmash rattles our seats; later, a cocked rifle is so crisp we perk up like a dog hearing the mailman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
From ancient rattles, to paintings by Degas and Titian, to one of Prince’s guitars, the exhibition looks at the ways that music has shaped the physical world and vice versa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
My heart shoots into my throat, my stomach plunges, and then, with a jerk that rattles my skull, I’m not falling anymore.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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In a presentation at the Paris show, BYD’s Li rattled off the expanding portfolio of models the company is selling to European customers, including a plug-in hybrid pickup truck called the Shark.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
The finding potentially opens a new front in the cybersecurity threats emerging from AI, which have rattled governments and the companies rushing to adopt the technology.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
Stafford was asked this week how he managed to stay calm, not feel rattled and still take shots at clutch plays after committing turnovers in a hostile environment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
"As it launched there was this incredible adrenaline and a shockwave that rattled every bone in your body," said the now 70-year-old of the events of 7 December 1972.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
She nodded anyway and hurried back the way she’d come, completely rattled.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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CoreWeave’s rising bond yields are rattling AI infrastructure stocks, including GE Vernova, Vertiv and Eaton.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
We’re witnessing the power of pure art, even as Rock cleverly waters down the moment with the sound of an unseen bartender rattling a martini shaker in the background.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Early lines have the Clippers as a deep long shot to win the title, their odds rattling around the ocean floor with the Pelicans, Grizzlies and Kings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Somewhere very early, I learned that rattling meant somebody was awake.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Coach West’s phone has been rattling on a bench for the last few minutes, but she’s been ignoring it.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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