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vibrate

[vahy-breyt] / ˈvaɪ breɪt /


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“Nothing beats feeling the ground vibrate, seeing the charting of the wheels and hearing the whistle,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

These new songs, they vibrate very highly for me and I’m excited about experiencing and expressing that.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

Because a smaller and lighter stapes can vibrate more rapidly, it can transfer high-frequency sound waves more effectively.

From Science Daily Mar. 12, 2026

Rare earths are likewise found in every smartphone, enhancing screen performance and enabling the phone to vibrate.

From Barron's Feb. 4, 2026

She felt his voice vibrate against her back.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Some fans do just that, but the packed stadium vibrates harder with cheers as thousands of phones stay in the air.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

"What happens in any part of this ocean vibrates through all of us," she told AFP.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

Even if you never bore witness to that outrageous performance, its elemental alchemy vibrates in the band’s most popular songs, each of them calling to us with purpose.

From Salon Jun. 7, 2026

Each character seems to understand the others dimly, as through a language barrier; each vibrates at their own frequency.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 12, 2026

I love the way her rough voice vibrates through the air like a beat on a drum.

From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender

At around 15:00 on Sunday, mobiles vibrated and sounded for about 10 seconds in the second test of the system.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2025

They also approached the spiders with a tuning fork that vibrated at the same frequency as the insects’ beating wings.

From Science Magazine Dec. 4, 2024

“It just hit me here in my visceral and vibrated through me and that was it,” recalls Creed Bratton of that fateful day nearly 70 years ago.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 26, 2024

People in the stands practically vibrated with it.

From Salon Aug. 7, 2024

Men were talking in the room above him; their voices vibrated the old wooden floor.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

It’s another one of those quiet storm numbers; everything is still vibrating at a very high level.

From Salon Aug. 25, 2026

Scares fall by the wayside when it shifts into a more philosophical gear, vibrating with questions about how to live a meaningful life: Should these victims accept their fate or keep struggling?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

"It then carried on going for a couple of minutes but there was a horrible vibrating sound."

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

After a particularly long, road rage-y drive, I splashed my face with ice water, a tip I learned on TikTok, to see if it might take the edge off my vibrating tension.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Citra could see it vibrating, making its edge look blurry.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman




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