tremor
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When he didn’t, instead landing on the injured list for two weeks, Skubal’s smooth transition turned what could have been a shock wave of a loss for the rotation into barely a tremor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
It is the latest tremor in the world of Big Law, which is being disrupted by aggressive poaching of rainmakers, the pressure of artificial intelligence and less-loyal clients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
A devastating 9.1-magnitude tremor in 2004 struck off the coast of Sumatra and triggered a tsunami that killed 220,000 throughout the region, about 170,000 of them in Indonesia.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
As soon as he felt the tremor, he thought of his sons and ran back to the house - but when he arrived, they were nowhere to be seen.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Shady’s hand showed only a slight tremor of need as he held the jar to the light to check the color, and smelled the liquid’s aroma.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
A sufferer may have rigidity or tremors in one of their arms or legs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Most provocative are the thousands of small seismic tremors that emanated from the area of the slide in the days prior to the mountainside collapsing.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
He notes that the first tremors of this latest shock to AI stocks were once again felt in Korea.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
But the recent tremors in global markets suggest that we are dangerously close to the end of the extended grace period we have enjoyed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Helen was seized in violent tremors, and her teeth chattered uncontrollably.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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