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foreshock

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as in shock

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Recent Examples of foreshock The second quake is considered the mainshock, while the first was a foreshock, USGS said. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 26 June 2026 Jones says that this most recent set of quakes could be foreshocks for a much larger event. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026 But conventionally, only half of earthquakes have an easily detectable foreshock, while the other half do not. — Los Angeles Times, Boston Herald, 22 Dec. 2025 Lesser-magnitude quakes have previously been foreshocks to larger-magnitude ones. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 9 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for foreshock

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The average price of a gallon of diesel has soared 55% since the outbreak of the Iran war in late February set off a historic oil shock, AAA data showed.

— Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Early warning of shocks to the food system—such as extreme weather, supply disruptions, economic turbulence—buys critical time for preparation and response.

— Anna Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of shock

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The instruments can move with greater flexibility than the human hand, while the system filters out natural hand tremors that could affect delicate movements.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
But in some cases, West Nile can reach the brain and cause extreme headaches, meningitis, tremors, convulsions and paralysis.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2026

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The earthquake's epicenter was approximately 9 miles southeast of Petrolia and occurred at a depth of 7 miles.

— CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Unger also claimed in the FPPC complaint that the board overpaid for the land, and that an earthquake fault running through it calls into question the feasibility of building there.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

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