rattling
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The drama, the music, the pow-pow-pow of those 6-inch guns and those gallant—yes, “most beautiful”—ships rattling amid the waves.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
Strategy’s stock slid Monday after the company disclosed a rare bitcoin sale, rattling investors who have long treated the company as a one-way bet on the cryptocurrency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
A swarm of earthquakes shook Imperial County this weekend, with dozens of quakes, ranging in magnitude from 2.5 to 4.7, rattling the region around Brawley, south of the Salton Sea.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
“There will be more saber rattling over the Strait this week, and that could rattle markets and extend this stock market correction.”
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
He didn’t hear me call, nor see me flap my parasol in front, and there we were, quite helpless, rattling away, and whirling around corners at a breakneck pace.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Vocabulary lists containing rattling
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
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