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as in quake
a shaking of the earth
the San Andreas Fault is notorious for its earthquakes
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as in upheaval
a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)
the election of the socialist candidate caused a political earthquake that nearly led to a military coup
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Recent Examples of earthquake
The work relied on the seismometer network’s observations of more than 200 earthquakes, each of which produced multiple types of seismic waves.
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2025
Unfortunately, the growing 2024 population was greatly affected by a Dec. 5 earthquake centered 500 miles away in California's Humboldt County.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Damage usually doesn't occur until an earthquake measures around a magnitude 4 or 5, the USGS said.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
Nearly 100 earthquake victims were already waiting for surgery when the team arrived.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2025
Unfortunately, the growing 2024 population was greatly affected by a Dec. 5 earthquake centered 500 miles away in California's Humboldt County.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Damage usually doesn't occur until an earthquake measures around a magnitude 4 or 5, the USGS said.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
Nearly 100 earthquake victims were already waiting for surgery when the team arrived.
—Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for earthquake
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Footage posted to social media from Istanbul showed people running and screaming in the moments after the biggest quake.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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No one was injured in the quake, which was followed by no fewer than seven aftershocks, and no major damage was reported.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
15 Apr. 2025
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She's recently had to cope with a considerable amount of upheaval due to the work being done on the property.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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But Americans filed taxes this week in the midst of an unprecedented upheaval of the nation’s fiscal system which was inaugurated a century ago.—
Made by History,
Time,
16 Apr. 2025
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Though Istanbul did not suffer from those tremors, over 53,000 were killed in Turkey and another 6,000 people in Syria.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr. 2025
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In Parkinson’s patients, these neurons are slowly destroyed as the disease progresses, which eventually affects their mobility and causes the disease’s tell-tale tremors.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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All but one of the 26 people massacred were Indian citizens, prompting a new wave of unrest in a region claimed by both Pakistan and India and that has been the epicenter of often violent territorial struggle between the two countries.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2025
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The president’s tariff policy is another issue, along with a general state of unrest in Washington and rising concern that pressure from a variety of fronts could push the U.S. into recession.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
23 Apr. 2025
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Scully, Sand, and the Brotherhood were determined to flood the market, bringing the price of revolution back down to earth.—
John Semley,
Rolling Stone,
19 Apr. 2025
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The real revolution in the space economy isn't rockets.—
Reema Khan,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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East-Central Florida: Showers and isolated storms will be possible from mid to late afternoon, mainly near to northwest of the I-4 corridor.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Sultans of Swing by British rock band Dire Straits, which has become the squad’s anthem of the season, went down a storm.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Earthquake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earthquake. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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