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rattle

[rat-l] / ˈræt l /




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“These trucks don’t have as much rattle, fumes, exhaust, things of that nature.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 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

Meanwhile, he added, villages have been cut off from aid and displaced people whose homes were damaged or destroyed have been forced to seek higher ground, as hundreds of aftershocks continue to rattle the island.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

That could rattle investors even if the suit doesn’t go anywhere.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

We’d stayed still, just listening to the shake of a dry seed rattle, alert to danger, until the singing began.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

South Korea was set Saturday to send its first trial container through the Arctic, as the Middle East war rattles global shipping, while environmental groups warned the route could accelerate polar ice melt.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

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

"So, when someone rattles you, knocks you off your game, breaks your focus, you find yourself interrupted, paused, with changing disrupting rhythms."

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

His alarm clock, a big and bulky machine that’s Bluetooth-connected to the house’s fire alarm, rattles his room until he finally shuts it off.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

My assistant's voice rattles through the phone speaker before I even have a chance to say hello.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

The vacillation in Treasurys following the government’s pledge to suppress longer-duration yields have rattled stock investors, too.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

The move will also have rattled the likes of Taiwan and Japan, which have long relied on US security guarantees in the region.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

It then rattled off examples including Chan’s opposition to Wiener’s state law to streamline housing projects.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

The devastation comes less than two months after powerful twin quakes rattled neighboring Venezuela, killing more than 6,300 people and leaving tens of thousands homeless.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

A hen clucked and rattled its cage in a corner.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Market uncertainty about Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s commitment to tackling inflation has also caused tremors, pushing up long-term borrowing costs to 19-year highs and rattling stocks along the way.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

Another resident said aftershocks were still rattling the city hours after the initial tremor.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

But the US leader expressed hope that renewed diplomacy could bring an end to the war that began in late February with a wave of US-Israeli strikes, rattling both the region and the global economy.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

But a new spate of strikes by Washington and Tehran in recent days is rattling that outlook.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Our car is idling by the curb; the engine is rattling, the exhaust pipe emitting fumes in the icy air.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day




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