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verb

present participle of reverberate
as in echoing
to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves the sound of thunder reverberated from one end of the mountain pass to the other

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Recent Examples of reverberating
Verb
The events in Brasília are reverberating beyond Brazil. Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025 Those impacts risk reverberating through the rest of these students’ lives and into our economy through an underprepared talent supply. Matt Gandal, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 My ears heard the full initial sound of the piano key but almost none of its aftermath, its reverberating resonance. Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025 Building on this, two researchers at Colgate University in New York have shown that dark-matter particles that formed from a Dark Big Bang would create gravitational waves that would still be reverberating around the universe today. Keith Cooper, Space.com, 25 Dec. 2024 The downward notes reverberating from Cristal Baschet sound out seemingly every time Lawrence’s heart sinks or doubt surfaces about one of the candidates for the papacy. Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 Dec. 2024 Carnot’s reverberating insight emerged from an attempt to exert ultimate control over the clockwork world, the holy grail of the Age of Reason. Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024 The stunning fall of the Syrian government early Sunday — a bloodless coup by Islamist rebels that ended the brutal 50-year rule of the Bashar Assad regime — has been reverberating across the global film community. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024 The conflict in Syria partly contributed to a wave of mass migration into Europe, met by a right-wing backlash across the continent that is still reverberating today. Alexander Smith, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reverberating
Adjective
  • Bravo to Netflix for their ringing endorsement of biodiversity with its commitment to purchase Funga’s carbon credits.
    Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • James Outman hit a ringing double and Minnesota star Byron Buxton followed with an RBI triple.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Girl Violence, the result of that introspection, announces Strauss’ new chapter with songs that bloom and twist around themselves, echoing the fear and delight and increasing clear-eyedness that came along with each fresh experience.
    Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025
  • As the eclipse reaches its maximum for your location, points of light shining through small gaps, such as the holes of a colander or spaces between leaves, may appear as tiny crescents, echoing the scene in the sky.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Smoothing round poppy seeds and sea salt—which do the gentle buffing—come suspended in a hunk of detoxifying French blue clay, nourishing olive fruit oil, and zingy peppermint essential oil, the latter of which wakes you up better than any iPhone alarm.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Sloomoo is the brand’s adorable shape-shifting mascot, which isn’t round or straight, and isn’t small or tall, but because it’s made of slime, can stretch into any shape at all.
    Sharon Edelson, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Much of the Southeast, especially the southern Appalachians, remains on track for an on-time and vibrant peak foliage.
    Kyle Reiman, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Among the 35 hues are trendy cool tones, conventional nudes, vibrant reds, and bold, creative colors like magenta and blackish-purple.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • What makes these moments so powerful is the level of creativity, production, and storytelling quality that fans bring to their creations, transforming casual fandom into shared content that feels polished, inventive, and culturally resonant.
    Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Led by scientists at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) at Brookhaven National Laboratory, the team used a technique called resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS).
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025

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