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As AI is maturing, many investors want to trade more precisely around the winners and losers as they shake out, according to Matthew Tuttle, CEO of Tuttle Capital Management.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
In a bid to shake things, Kering last year appointed an industry outsider as group chief executive, bringing on Luca de Meo, a former boss of car maker Renault.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Meta didn’t respond, however, to my question about whether the ruling will or should shake Muse users’ confidence in Meta’s assurances of privacy protections.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
The assembled Defense Department officials gave the Venezuelan billionaire the red carpet treatment, lining up to shake his hand, according to people familiar with the meeting.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
But his voice seemed to shake a little as he spoke.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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Lindt said Chief Executive Adalbert Lechner will leave the company, as the chocolatier shakes up its leadership in a bid to return to growth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
In the film, Cruise, his face covered in prosthetics, portrays Digger Rockwell, a bombastic Texan oil baron, who causes a global climate meltdown when his company’s activities shakes loose an ice shelf in Greenland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Amarpreet Singh has been drinking protein shakes since he was 16.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Jaxson Dart left the preseason on just his third offensive snap after New York’s line failed to pick up a blitz, and that shakes confidence in the quarterback behind an uncertain front five.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
She shakes her head like she’s glad that time is over and puts her phone back.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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The rise of prestige television and streaming shook up the established hierarchy.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
Trading in single-stock options contracts are near levels reached in 2021, when a new generation of amateur investors shook up Wall Street.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Their protests, launched in 2018 over a planned fuel tax rise, saw massive demonstrations and clashes between police and protesters that shook the presidency during Macron's first term in office.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
"I handed her my camera and Neil and I shook hands beside his car as she took the photograph - it was fantastic."
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
She shook off the kids clinging to her apron and stepped out.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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In one case, he says, he was operating on a patient's neck when the building was shaken by an explosion - the medical staff ran out in fear, but he stayed.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
But when Grace survives an assassination attempt, Todd is genuinely shaken.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
"My family, they're everything, and my community is second to that," a visibly shaken Jefferies told journalists.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
Effectively, the recent sharp rally and positive chart outlook “have shaken out short sellers,” Morrison wrote, meaning those who were betting on bitcoin to fall were forced to close those positions.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
They'd ask questions, and my detailed answers would leave them feeling shaken and oddly satisfied.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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“And it felt like we dropped pretty far. It started shaking, everyone was yelling. We were all super scared.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Announcements over recent months that artificial intelligence models have cracked previously unsolvable problems are shaking to the core top-level mathematicians, who are now asking themselves: where do we come in?
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
He has described the persistent bruises on Trump’s hands as the result of frequent hand shaking and his aspirin regimen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
"It was unbelievably frightening. My knees were shaking with fear," says Katya, one of the deportees.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
“No,” Grandpa said, shaking his head, “I don’t believe I know of any monkey catchers in town, but I think there’s a place where we can find out something.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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