thudded
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Sixty-six-year-old Jose Pena hid in the bushes as two Ecuadoran military helicopters thudded overhead.
From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026
As Mesidor and Bain have thudded their way through the first two rounds of the playoff, Miami’s pass rush has reduced some of college football’s most explosive offenses to little more than firecrackers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
Tee shots were thudded into the big screen from a distance of 35 yards with the action switching to the short-game complex once the ball was within 50 yards of the hole.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2025
The inflation report thudded onto Wall Street along with a batch of other data painting a mixed picture of the economy.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
His heart thudded, because there was a picture of his own mother.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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