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thunderclap

[thuhn-der-klap] / ˈθʌn dərˌklæp /




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"On paper, this was another thunderclap quarter. And yet the stock dipped. The market is no longer pricing growth. It is pricing perpetuity."

From Barron's Feb. 26, 2026

The producers of which had the good sense to stream worldwide for all of us outside the nation’s capital who wanted to experience the thunderclap of Page’s Lear.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 17, 2026

He remains a thunderclap from the baseline, but has options other than ferocious groundstrokes.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2025

A local resident told Yonhap that he had been watching television at home when the explosion, which sounded "like a thunderclap", shook the house.

From BBC Mar. 6, 2025

That point would be marked by a gigantic thunderclap, after which Alvarez would haul his gangly frame into the tube to strip away the stalagmites and stalactites and buff the surface smooth.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

The angry sea god Poseidon is reduced to rumors; mighty Zeus withheld to a few well-timed thunderclaps.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

His new setting is peaceful, aside from occasional thunderclaps rolling through the valley during the rainy season, and the wildlife.

From Slate Mar. 30, 2026

The light rises and fades while faint thunderclaps can be heard — sounds that in fact are a slowed-down recording of clay being knocked out of brick molds, the artist explained.

From Seattle Times Apr. 4, 2023

When it's all over but the crying there's no doubt we'll wish for more time with the Roys while appreciating that Armstrong and the cast are ending the show while its thunderclaps still shake us.

From Salon Mar. 26, 2023

I tested every handhold for loose rocks and moved only in the thunderclaps of cannon fire as they echoed in the gorge.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri




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