as in to shake
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements
the old bus joggled as it barreled down the dirt road
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From Monday to Friday, the reception area will serve as a nutrition center for athletes, offering smoothies, protein shakes, granola and anything else an athlete could need.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
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After an accidental explosion in a West Village bomb factory killed three Weathermen, those who survived, shaken by their friends’ deaths, swore off deadly violence.—
Zayd Ayers Dohrn,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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The burst of activity came as Earth was hit by a complex wave of solar energy, delivering a one-two punch from multiple coronal mass ejections (CMEs) alongside a fast stream of solar wind from a coronal hole.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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Malachi Toney and Cooper Barkate will be the one-two punch at the top of this depth chart.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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We are jerked between past and present as his backstory gets filled in, one jogged memory at a time.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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The clip on TikTok shows the seat jerking abruptly, apparently from forceful pushes by the person seated behind her.—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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News reports from December 2024, before Patel was confirmed as director, said that Patel had been informed by FBI that he had been targeted as part of an Iranian hack.—
Eric Tucker,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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News reports from December 2024, before Patel was confirmed as director, said that Patel had been informed by the FBI that he had been targeted as part of an Iranian hack.—
Eric Tucker,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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There was once a time when even the whisper of Cesar Chavez and his United Farm Workers union caused growers across America to shudder.—
Marcos Breton,
Sacbee.com,
24 Mar. 2026
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At least the elevator still creaked and shuddered, as in the old days, finally trembling open on the eighth floor.—
Rick Bragg,
Southern Living,
15 Mar. 2026
Noun
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State police later searched the area near the steel bridge and found among the piles of wood chips an envelope bearing the victim’s name, pieces of bone and tissue, a human fingernail and crowns to the victim’s teeth, prosecutors said.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2026
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The blue-chip Dow and the small-cap Russell 2000 are also nearing correction territory, each down about 9% from its all-time high.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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The clubhouses were outfitted with merch stands, bars, restrooms, DJs, livestreams of panels, Royal Blue vending machines and vibrating hammocks.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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Others vibrate when exposed to high enough levels.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Allen won the possession game, but Sam Houston found a groove with counters and seemed to gain momentum as the match continued.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Mar. 2026
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Bakri conveys that immense burden in dribbles of emotion, like a trickle of water wearing down a groove in a rock wall.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Joggle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joggle. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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