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shudder

[shuhd-er] / ˈʃʌd ər /


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But the near-disaster has sent a shudder through a region racked by three years of war, and raised a host of troubling possibilities that officials are just beginning to investigate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

An omen among omens: Mid-dog-walk that day, I spot a onesie that reads “Milk Drunk” and shudder at the impulse to recruit our newborns into low-key bacchanalia.

From Slate ● May 10, 2026

Millions with so-called straight jobs shudder at their steady devaluation in the face of artificial intelligence.

From Salon ● May 4, 2026

A 1970s-style outcome, or anything close to it, would have been enough to make anyone shudder — but especially retirees and others living on fixed or semi-fixed incomes.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026

To her right, the guiamala—now abandoned—trotted in nervous circles until it knocked down the tent’s central pole and the whole structure gave an ominous shudder.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

The remarks sent shudders through chipmakers particularly, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index tumbling 5.9 percent -- its biggest drop in more than two months, according to Bloomberg.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

She said she "pats herself on the head every day" for booking the appointment and "shudders to think" what would have happened if she had not.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

The high-stakes game of chicken complicated the effort to negotiate an end to a conflict that has left thousands dead and sent shudders through the global economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

Then, he satirizes conservatives’ discomfort with his Blackness by sitting silently as Martin Short, playing a nervous young Republican delivering a hackneyed diatribe, shudders in his presence before scampering offstage to fall apart.

From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2026

She burst into prayer every time the truck jerked or stumbled into a pothole, her “Bismillah!” peaking with each of the truck’s shudders and jolts.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

The stock market shuddered Thursday after investors resumed a weekslong bond selloff that has defied the Treasury Department’s attempts to curb borrowing costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Soon after, Hipolito’s legs shuddered and buckled and his body began to shake violently.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026

Despite all the times I shuddered at the trailer tagline, “Believe in the Hail Mary,” over the last year, I really do.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026

"Now I'm afraid of the river," he shuddered.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025

The wire had come loose, and the painting shuddered and then began to fall.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

In 2008, the shuddering global economy and soaring fuel prices helped push several airlines into bankruptcy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

“They think we’re these evil business owners,” she said, shuddering.

From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2026

England's 12-game winning run came to a shuddering halt with a 31-20 defeat by Scotland in Edinburgh last weekend.

From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026

They imposed themselves in contact, with Chandler Cunningham-South landing a shuddering hit on Tupou Vaa'i before exhorting more noise from the stands.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2024

With the final onset of dark the iron cold locked down and the boy by now was shuddering violently.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy




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