as in quake
a shaking of the earth
smaller tremors continued for days after the major earthquake
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Over the past three days, some 550 tremors with a magnitude of 3.0 have been recorded in the Aegean Sea, between Santorini and the nearby islands of Amorgos and Ios.
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Chris Liakos, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
Symptoms of poisoning include vomiting, diarrhea, tremors, and sometimes death.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2025
Osbourne previously announced that he’d been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease — a progressive nervous system disorder that causes tremors, stiffness, speech changes, or slowing of movement — in 2020.
—EW.com, 5 Feb. 2025
People from as far north as Augusta, Maine, and as far south as Bridgeport, Connecticut — a nearly 310-mile stretch, reported feeling the tremor, according to to the agency.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
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Chris Liakos, CNN, 4 Feb. 2025
Symptoms of poisoning include vomiting, diarrhea, tremors, and sometimes death.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2025
Osbourne previously announced that he’d been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease — a progressive nervous system disorder that causes tremors, stiffness, speech changes, or slowing of movement — in 2020.
—EW.com, 5 Feb. 2025
People from as far north as Augusta, Maine, and as far south as Bridgeport, Connecticut — a nearly 310-mile stretch, reported feeling the tremor, according to to the agency.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Tremor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tremor. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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