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shakes

  • plural of shake.
  • present tense form of shake (3rd person singular).

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"They're the best of us," said Laverty, who won best screenplay at Cannes for Ken Loach's "I, Daniel Blake" and "The Wind that Shakes the Barley".

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Appeared in the January 29, 2026, print edition as 'Syria’s Kurdish Fight Shakes Trump’s Policy'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

The “Cinderella” and “Bottoms” star played the Alabama Shakes, got Hathaway to react and they went from there.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2024

Making her own music naturally followed, and the result is the Alabama Shakes frontwoman’s second solo album, the 12-track “What Now,” out Friday.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2024

I tell her about Curtis and the gift cards and listening to Alabama Shakes and the Pixies and Patti Smith all the time.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon