- past participle of shake.
shaken
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The surfer made it back to shore, a little shaken but unscathed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
The claim is the latest in a string of AI results that have shaken academia, setting off soul-searching, most notably among mathematicians, over the value of human expertise and the future of their profession.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
But in Ukraine’s military, government and broader society, the 10-day Starlink outage and American threats to end other crucial support have further shaken trust in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
The Reform insider added: "The Lib Dems were claiming Nigel shoved her and that she was shaken, the video disproves that clearly."
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
We were all shaken up from the run-in with Mikayla, but Dari was seriously out of whack if he was apologizing for being hit on the head.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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