as in quakes
a shaking of the earth
smaller tremors continued for days after the major earthquake
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Recent Examples of tremors
Residents of the Nurgal district of Kunar have left their homes to live in tents, on the surrounding high land near a river, or in the open, for fear of more tremors.
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Mohammad Yunus Yawar, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects movement, leading to tremors, stiffness, slow gait, balance issues and other symptoms.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Nvidia has shot to a remarkable $4 trillion-plus market cap and can move markets now by virtue of its tremors.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
Residents in the capital Kabul – west of the epicenter – reportedly felt tremors.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Parkinson’s disease primarily affects the nervous system, particularly the brain, causing tremors, stiffness, and slow movement.
—Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2025
The film shows how, somewhat serendipitously, this advanced feature works beautifully for individuals living with Parkinson’s disease, for whom hand tremors are a very common symptom, making the recording of stable video and sometimes even the basic use of the phone itself a significant challenge.
—Gus Alexiou, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
My grandmother fled Europe in the early tremors of the Holocaust, ultimately losing some of their siblings and their parents.
—Alissa Quart, Time, 30 Aug. 2025
So the recent news that Chicago’s Anjanette Young Ordinance — a years-in-the-making overhaul to the Chicago Police Department’s search warrant policy — could at last get over the finish line in September because of a (gasp) compromise sends some welcome tremors through the current political system.
—Kerry Lester Kasper, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Mohammad Yunus Yawar, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects movement, leading to tremors, stiffness, slow gait, balance issues and other symptoms.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Nvidia has shot to a remarkable $4 trillion-plus market cap and can move markets now by virtue of its tremors.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
Residents in the capital Kabul – west of the epicenter – reportedly felt tremors.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2025
Parkinson’s disease primarily affects the nervous system, particularly the brain, causing tremors, stiffness, and slow movement.
—Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2025
The film shows how, somewhat serendipitously, this advanced feature works beautifully for individuals living with Parkinson’s disease, for whom hand tremors are a very common symptom, making the recording of stable video and sometimes even the basic use of the phone itself a significant challenge.
—Gus Alexiou, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
My grandmother fled Europe in the early tremors of the Holocaust, ultimately losing some of their siblings and their parents.
—Alissa Quart, Time, 30 Aug. 2025
So the recent news that Chicago’s Anjanette Young Ordinance — a years-in-the-making overhaul to the Chicago Police Department’s search warrant policy — could at last get over the finish line in September because of a (gasp) compromise sends some welcome tremors through the current political system.
—Kerry Lester Kasper, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tremors
Noun
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The two initial quakes flattened villages in both provinces, destroying more than 6,700 homes, and rescue workers pulled bodies from the rubble on Thursday.—
Mohammad Yunus Yawar,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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The death toll for each of those quakes rose to over 1,000 people, local officials said in their aftermaths.—
Morgan Winsor,
ABC News,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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However, large earthquakes can strike on active faults thousands of years apart.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Tremors.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tremors. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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