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as in to fidget
to make jerky or restless movements
the dog twitched in her sleep
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Recent Examples of twitch
Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
Symptoms of algae poisoning in dogs can include excessive drooling, vomiting or diarrhea, foaming at the mouth, jaundice or an enlarged liver, blood in their urine or dark urine, stumbling, loss of appetite, abdominal tenderness, progression of muscle twitches and respiratory paralysis.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Marina Isgro, Artforum, 1 June 2025
The early symptoms include muscle weakness, cramps, twitching, stiff muscles, speech challenges, trouble swallowing, and drooling.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
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Verb
His shadow, cast clearly in front of him, moved subtly with each twitch of his head, a silent and unknowing dance partner.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025
Symptoms of algae poisoning in dogs can include excessive drooling, vomiting or diarrhea, foaming at the mouth, jaundice or an enlarged liver, blood in their urine or dark urine, stumbling, loss of appetite, abdominal tenderness, progression of muscle twitches and respiratory paralysis.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Noun
Animated objects tend to activate the deeply rooted human impulse to perceive things that move as alive—a tendency harnessed to great effect in the uncannily twitching wires of Pol Bury’s reliefs or Robert Breer’s creeping domes.
—Marina Isgro, Artforum, 1 June 2025
The early symptoms include muscle weakness, cramps, twitching, stiff muscles, speech challenges, trouble swallowing, and drooling.
—Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twitch
Verb
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In your experience, do people fidget to purposely get non-conclusive results?—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
8 July 2025
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For weeks, Combs, 55, has maintained an attentive and easygoing presence inside a Manhattan federal courtroom — occasionally shaking his head, fidgeting in his seat or passing notes to his attorneys.—
Danielle Bacher,
People.com,
18 June 2025
Verb
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Having already had to navigate a 180-degree turn around a roundabout at 80km per hour, the road jerked to the left with around 1.6km remaining and, with some riders forced wide, the group was split.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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The passenger jerked forward and their belongings were thrown to the floor.—
Abhirup Roy,
USA Today,
27 June 2025
Noun
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With that in mind, August is supposed to see the same 11.8 percent month-over-month decline from July to 2.08 million TEUs, with a 10.4 percent contraction from last year’s totals.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
10 July 2025
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Additional tariffs would further hurt these two exports-dependent economies that are grappling with a slowdown in growth, with Japan likely staring at a technical recession, or two straight quarters of economic contraction.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
9 July 2025
Noun
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Symptoms can range from muscle twitching and tremors to confusion, irregular heartbeats, and, in severe cases, seizures or coma.—
Patricia Weiser,
Verywell Health,
14 July 2025
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Ingesting just 1 to 2 milligrams — less than what’s inside a single regular-strength pouch — can cause nausea, vomiting and tremors, among other serious symptoms, according to the National Library of Medicine.—
Jeffrey Kopp,
CNN Money,
14 July 2025
Verb
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And all those passengers squirming around makes driving more difficult because of the constantly changing weight balance.—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
2 July 2025
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Not only do these votes make individual Republicans squirm, but they can be used for attack ads when a senator is up for reelection.—
Erin Doherty,
CNBC,
30 June 2025
Verb
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Rivera fired his Taser at Feliz, then got into the car on the passenger’s side and threatened to shoot Rivera as a physical struggle ensued, according to body camera footage, as another officer attempted to yank Feliz out of the vehicle.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
11 July 2025
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Squirrels love to yank new plants out of the ground.—
Paul Cappiello,
The Courier-Journal,
11 July 2025
Noun
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Richarlison was taken off at half-time, then Maddison and Solanke were taken off after feeling knee and quad twinges respectively.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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But these little twinges the audience might feel about everyone being mortal only added, if anything, to the evening’s personal potency, and the vitality of a reconvening of the tribe that supported the Wilson sisters from the outset, along with strays picked up during the MTV years.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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For other cities, issuing bonds to pay down pension debt has been an arrow in the quiver.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
18 July 2025
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The summits of the abstract city quiver Under murky rainbows in the humid air.—
Czeslaw Milosz,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Twitch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twitch. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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