shakes up

present tense third-person singular of shake up

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of shakes up This season dropped us in the middle of the action, where a mass shooting shakes up London and intensifies an already heated race to win Mayor. Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025 Small Business Technology News #3 – AI shakes up the call center industry, but some tasks are still better left to the humans. Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025 His departure comes as creator Lorne Michaels shakes up the cast ahead of Season 51. Peter White, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shakes up
shocks
Verb
  • These shocks land heavily on Hispanics, who are overrepresented in construction, service, and blue-collar work sensitive to inflation and policy disruptions.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The elder Hall’s indifference toward his son’s life shocks even his captor, prompting a bonding moment that softens the viewer’s perceptions of both men.
    Katie Rife, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Shakes up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shakes%20up. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

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