as in quake
a shaking of the earth
a temblor knocked down many of the buildings in the village
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Recent Examples of temblor
Major political implications The court ruling was a political as well as a judicial temblor for France, hobbling one of the leading contenders to succeed President Emmanuel Macron at the end of his second and final term.
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Samuel Petrequin, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
Three days ago, her life was rocked when a powerful temblor struck the region.
—Jan Camenzind Broomby, NPR, 31 Mar. 2025
Park staffers have seen the elephants exhibit this same behavior during prior temblors.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
By late Monday, three days after the worst temblor to hit Myanmar in nearly 40 years, the U.S. had sent no one.
—Arkansas Online, 1 Apr. 2025
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Samuel Petrequin, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
Three days ago, her life was rocked when a powerful temblor struck the region.
—Jan Camenzind Broomby, NPR, 31 Mar. 2025
Park staffers have seen the elephants exhibit this same behavior during prior temblors.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2025
By late Monday, three days after the worst temblor to hit Myanmar in nearly 40 years, the U.S. had sent no one.
—Arkansas Online, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for temblor
Noun
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The six-mile deep quake hit three miles from Fairview, which is about a 30-mile drive southeast from San Francisco, at 10:55 p.m. on Monday, June 30, according to the USGS.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2025
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There has never been a quake that seriously damaged a delta levee.—
George Skelton,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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There are areas of Haiti that are that still have not recovered from the earthquake.—
Billal Rahman
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 June 2025
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Earth processes – such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions – also trigger cascading hazards, often with long-lasting effects.—
Brian J. Yanites,
The Conversation,
26 June 2025
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Rapid dissolution can introduce too much of the drug too quickly, experts said, potentially causing tremors, headaches and kidney failure.—
Debbie Cenziper,
ProPublica,
23 June 2025
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Two days later, in response to hair-raising tremors in the bond markets, Trump paused the tariffs on most countries.—
Joel Gehrke,
The Washington Examiner,
13 June 2025
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“Temblor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temblor. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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