all shook up
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If you think of late-career Elvis Presley as only a plump and gaudy Las Vegas crooner slinging schlock in the 1970s, you’re about to get all shook up.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
It’s now or never for this week’s Slate News Quiz, but don’t get all shook up.
From Slate • May 24, 2024
This is where things get all shook up.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2023
“We’re all shook up by this event,” resident Reyna Diaz, 67, said through tears.
From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2023
"Yeah, she's okay. I told her that I was going to go take care of all this drama today in Brownsville, and of course, that has her all shook up."
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
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