as in echoes
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 reverberates
For these reasons and others, what happens in Mashhad reverberates across Iran, perhaps second only to events in Tehran itself.
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Davood Moradian, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
The idea reverberates in recent efforts within domestic-violence advocacy to reframe victims’ solicitousness as a survival mechanism.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Seventy years have passed since the levee failure and the sound of it still reverberates in the memories of those who heard it and had the good fortune to survive.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025
But, sorry, this reverberates here as simply all about the money.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Dec. 2025
The film, which Jacir has spent eight years developing, centers on a group of Palestinian villagers whose lives are upended by British occupation, tracing the birth of a national movement that reverberates through generations.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
This is the kind of result that reverberates up and down the Premier League.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
There is no understating the size and weight of the Panthers losing team captain Aleksander Barkov to knee surgery expected to be season-ending — a massive blow that reverberates across hockey.
—Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
The impact of this standardization reverberates across the entire legal landscape.
—Matthew Sole, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Davood Moradian, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
The idea reverberates in recent efforts within domestic-violence advocacy to reframe victims’ solicitousness as a survival mechanism.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Seventy years have passed since the levee failure and the sound of it still reverberates in the memories of those who heard it and had the good fortune to survive.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025
But, sorry, this reverberates here as simply all about the money.
—Kansas City Star, 22 Dec. 2025
The film, which Jacir has spent eight years developing, centers on a group of Palestinian villagers whose lives are upended by British occupation, tracing the birth of a national movement that reverberates through generations.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
This is the kind of result that reverberates up and down the Premier League.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
There is no understating the size and weight of the Panthers losing team captain Aleksander Barkov to knee surgery expected to be season-ending — a massive blow that reverberates across hockey.
—Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
The impact of this standardization reverberates across the entire legal landscape.
—Matthew Sole, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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