clatter
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Aromatics are where things begin: ginger, garlic, onions and their cousins; the soft clatter of mirepoix or soffritto; a bloom of spices warming in fat.
From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026
A nationwide noise ordinance is supposed to limit the din, especially late at night, but residents say the courtside clatter often goes unmuted.
From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025
The scene is a family dinner in which ordinary household noises — the scrapes, plunks and clatter — and speech are pitched at irregular volumes and lack directional focus.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025
Anderson’s crew entombed their cameras in a custom-built insulated box to prevent their clatter from bleeding into the dialogue and sound of the film.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025
He let go of his bike, heard it clatter against the floor, the echo reverberating in his head.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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