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  • past tense form of shake.
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shook

[shook] / ʃʊk /






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Family members of the victims shook their heads as Carrington read out her pleas.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

“The first time it happened to me, I got high up on my soapbox and I shook my fist,” Harrell says.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

The two women whistled and shook a bag of food in the hope of drawing out a cat gone missing for days.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

The new Fed chair shook Wall Street on Wednesday with his reluctance to reveal his thinking on the economy and his skepticism about the tools the Fed uses to judge inflation.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

I held the lamp for Mutti as she shook out some straw around Marlene’s feet.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo




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