as in quake
a shaking of the earth
smaller tremors continued for days after the major earthquake
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Recent Examples of tremor
Some also take beta-blockers to manage symptoms like a rapid heart rate and tremors.
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Angela Haupt, Time, 16 June 2025
The condition can cause symptoms like exhaustion, irritability, unintentional weight loss, hand tremors, and skin discoloration, according to the Mayo Clinic.
About 1 percent of Americans have Graves' disease, according to Yale Medicine.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 14 June 2025
But in 2013, he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, a neurodegenerative disease that can culminate in tremors, loss of muscle movement and eventually death.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 9 June 2025
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
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Angela Haupt, Time, 16 June 2025
The condition can cause symptoms like exhaustion, irritability, unintentional weight loss, hand tremors, and skin discoloration, according to the Mayo Clinic.
About 1 percent of Americans have Graves' disease, according to Yale Medicine.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 14 June 2025
But in 2013, he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, a neurodegenerative disease that can culminate in tremors, loss of muscle movement and eventually death.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 9 June 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tremor
Noun
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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
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There has never been a quake that seriously damaged a delta levee.—
George Skelton,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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On Alaska's Kenai Peninsula, a flurry of small earthquakes shook the Iliamna volcano on June 15.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
14 July 2025
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While much of America has moved past COVID-19, the pandemic that hit the industry like an earthquake continues to experience aftershocks.—
Alexander Coolidge,
The Enquirer,
13 July 2025
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“Tremor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tremor. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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