sonic boom
Example Sentences
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A meteor streaked across the New York City area in broad daylight on July 16, 2024, producing a sonic boom as it passed just south of the Statue of Liberty.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
"Our house shook, the doorbell went off. I thought it was a sonic boom because we've experienced that before," he said.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Visitors will start inside a dark slide that gives way to an orange glow followed by a double sonic boom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Although the X-59 was designed to minimize the disruptive sonic boom typically associated with supersonic aircraft, these initial supersonic flights are not intended to demonstrate that capability.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
We hear the crack of a bullwhip because its tip is moving faster than the speed of sound, creating a shock wave, a small sonic boom.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
