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- noun Plural form of
quake .
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Examples
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And the people responsible for putting them there are those dreadful revolutionaries at whose very name Garvin quakes in his galoshesthe Communists.
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The quakes are a further reminder of New Zealand's vulnerability due to its location in a geologically active zone know as the Pacific "ring of fire."
Prime Minister Warns Quake Could Flatten Growth Rebecca Howard 2011
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She said she would speak to the one person whose word quakes the blood of all in his presence: the head chef.
I does NOT take an apostrophe « The Life and Times of Organic Mama 2007
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They believe she is angry at us and that the quakes are a punishment for abandoning our faith in her.
A Time to Sow Dayton Ward 2004
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They believe she is angry at us and that the quakes are a punishment for abandoning our faith in her.
A Time to Sow Dayton Ward 2004
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They believe she is angry at us and that the quakes are a punishment for abandoning our faith in her.
A Time to Sow Dayton Ward 2004
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The quakes were the most deadly in Spain since 1956, when 12 people died near Granada in the south.
NYT > Global Home By RAPHAEL MINDER 2011
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The most important scientific aspect of the quakes was their unprecedented pattern, Koper says.
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The most important scientific aspect of the quakes was their unprecedented pattern, Koper says.
Earth News, Earth Science, Energy Technology, Environment News 2010
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It was not immediately clear if the quakes were the same.
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