foreshocks

noun

plural of foreshock
as in aftershocks

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  1. shocks
  2. quakes
  3. tremors
  4. earthquakes
Noun
  • This man of shocks shocked once again; Cole left for Old Trafford.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • Geopolitical shocks, economic shakiness and breakneck advances in AI have left many feeling unmoored, even pessimistic.
    — Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of shocks
Noun
  • Ongoing recovery and debris-clearing operations have led to the increase in the death toll, particularly in the coastal state of La Guaira, the hardest hit by the quakes close to the Caribbean Sea.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
  • The quakes don’t provide any hints of the exact timing or location of the next destructive temblor that will hit urban Southern California.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
Definition of quakes
Noun
  • For the last few years, my dad, an Army veteran with my bone-dry sense of humor, has fought a progressive neurological disorder that causes severe tremors in his arms, legs and neck.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026
  • People who develop racing heartbeats, tremors, anxiety, insomnia, reflux, headaches or reproducible palpitations after drinking coffee should not ignore those symptoms simply because population studies are reassuring.
    — Robert Glatter, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of tremors
Noun
  • The death toll from the two powerful earthquakes that shook Venezuela last month rose to 5,069 late on Friday, local authorities said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026
  • It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.
    — CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of earthquakes
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