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. 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 See All Example Sentences for temblor
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Noun
  • 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
  • There has never been a quake that seriously damaged a delta levee.
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • There are areas of Haiti that are that still have not recovered from the earthquake.
    Billal Rahman Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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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