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"We were very scared, we were shivering and we were contacting anyone possible, anyone possible."

From BBC • May 23, 2026

And it is proper: a leather-stitched, handball-sized shift knob, ever shivering with engine revs, the short throws between gears landing in oiled, notchy slots.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

The two women, mother and daughter, sat on a mattress covering half the sidewalk on the shady side of Western Avenue, still shivering in the morning chill.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

I start shivering five minutes in; the man in sweatpants and Crocs appears unbothered.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2026

Feathers sits and wraps her arms around her knees, still shivering.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera




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