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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foreshocks
Noun
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From the tariff shocks experienced in 2025 to efforts aimed at influencing the Fed and the arrest of Venezuela’s leader the previous month, political decisions are increasingly determining market results.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026 -
Europe can no longer rely on the old world order and must become independent as geopolitical shocks continue, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2026
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Jones says that this most recent set of quakes could be foreshocks for a much larger event.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Fernando, who normally studies quakes on the moon and Mars, teamed up with Imperial College London’s Constantinos Charalambous the day after the Chinese debris streaked across the California sky in 2024.—
Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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These symptoms can include anxiety, tremors, sweating and nausea and more serious complications such as seizures or delirium.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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Yes, definitely a very large number indicating a certain metric, plus or minus tens of millions according to the market’s seismic tremors at this or that globally uncertain moment.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
11 Jan. 2026
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Last month, at least seven earthquakes rattled the coast of Alaska in a span of 24 hours.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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