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rattler

[rat-ler] / ˈræt lər /
NOUN
freight train
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"The four of us -- my husband, our two children, and I were on the bed," when the 7.7-magnitude rattler stuck just north of Flores island at around 5.30 am on Saturday.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

The first rattler occurred at a depth of 3.4 miles, and the largest quake was shallower, at 0.1 miles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2024

Speaking of summer heat, a sweaty, off-the-deep-end Al Pacino generates plenty of his own in this nerve rattler from Sidney Lumet.

From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2023

On more than one occasion he's found himself under a house or a trailer in the wee hours of darkness tracking down a copperhead or rattler that needs to be moved.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 18, 2022

Its head was diamond-shaped like a rattler, and its yellow eyes glowed with hatred.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan


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