shook up
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“It’s a little bit semantic sometimes, like I know some people consider Ridgecrest a doublet, and some people don’t,” Lozos said, referring to the 2019 earthquake sequence that shook up L.A. from the Mojave Desert.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Launched in 2016, Jio shook up India's telecom sector with low-cost mobile data plans, soon racking up millions of users.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Last year, the bank shook up its management, with Gonzalo Luchetti named chief financial officer to replace Mark Mason, and simplified its structure to five core businesses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Before the iPhone, Apple shook up home computing with the 1984 Macintosh, whose icon-based interface and mouse made computing accessible beyond specialists -- and sparked a legendary rivalry between Jobs and Microsoft's Bill Gates.
From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026
Normally this would have been when Lelia started something, shook up the embers, but sitting there on the end of the bench she looked all frozen and chipped.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
"We are all a bit shook-up," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2023
It follows the publication of a government white paper on gambling in April, which shook-up the sector.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2023
“Girls will be boys/and boys will be girls,” he sang, before emphasizing “it’s a mixed-up, muddled-up, shook-up world/except for Lola.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2020
Holocaust had obliterated life on earth, Adlai recounted, leaving one shook-up gorilla.
From Time Magazine Archive
The words were bubbling out now, fizzing like a shook-up soda.
From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine
