as in to shock
to cause an unpleasant surprise for
the news that we had failed the auto inspection shook us up
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Recent Examples of shake up
Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
Reimagining corporate jobs Tech giant Amazon’s approach is shaking up the corporate landscape.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
All seats up for grabs in Matthews Matthews voters will see a major shake-up on their town board this year.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
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Verb
The Disney transaction aims to shake up the streaming TV business, and also comes as Disney has seen its TV channels, including ABC and ESPN go dark on YouTube TV, the streaming multichannel video provider.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
Reimagining corporate jobs Tech giant Amazon’s approach is shaking up the corporate landscape.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
While an unprecedented move, the Giants need a shake-up on the top step.
—Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
All seats up for grabs in Matthews Matthews voters will see a major shake-up on their town board this year.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shake up
Verb
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Images of Iraqi detainees being stripped naked and abused, published by the media, shocked the world.—
Ben Wedeman,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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The growing pile of bad news has done little to shock the stock market, which is at near-record highs, but that’s largely because it’s been buoyed in part by AI megacaps.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,Annie Palmer,Frank Holland,
CNBC,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Still far from clear that last week’s shakeout was a proper reset in a market with rich valuations and credit conditions slightly less generous than two weeks ago.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
20 Oct. 2025
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Finally, regardless of the scope of payments made, U.S. agriculture is on the road to the most wrenching financial shakeout in over 40 years.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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There would have been people who were appalled by what was going on.—
James Frater,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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But, increasingly, events that should appall and unite America against violence instead fuel an intensifying partisanship.—
John Archibald,
New Yorker,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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What To Know Trump, in a post on his Truth Social page, said he had been repeatedly asked on his tour of Asia this week about the government shutdown.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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The expiration of the enhanced premium subsidies for Affordable Care Act coverage is at the crux of the Congressional stalemate to fund the federal government and end the shutdown.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Elkins was stunned by how quickly the video gained traction.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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On November 3, Paddington’s press tour brought him to the BBC, where journalist David Sillito was stunned into silence after seeing the bear in the flesh fur.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Based on the ending of Killer of Killers, the closing credits of Prey didn’t go well for Naru (Amber Midthunder).—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Nov. 2025
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McCarthy left the company with the closing of the Skydance-Paramount deal.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Shake up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shake%20up. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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