tremor
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More than 3,800 people in Myanmar -- and around 90 more in neighbouring Thailand -- were killed when the 7.7-magnitude tremor struck on March 28, 2025.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
But it is another tremor shaking up assumptions about the global economy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
Unless you stomp on the accelerator, it initially moves out on electric power and the gas engine soon joins in, sending a subtle, snoozy tremor through the structure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
Two minor earthquakes hit Lancashire in as many weeks in December, with the epicentre of the 2.5 magnitude tremor located off the coast of Silverdale, in Morecambe Bay.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025
My hands are shaking, not a tremor, but actual shaking, like an earthquake that only I feel.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
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