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[thuhmp] / θʌmp /


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During those future flights, researchers will gather public feedback about the aircraft's quieter sonic "thump" and evaluate how people respond to it.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

"It feels like a thump when it happens. I had one recently, in February. It's a bit scary, but it works. I'm on beta-blocker tablets too to help keep my heart in the right rhythm."

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Moments later, a bass thump sounded in the distance.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Bruno Fernandes swung his delivery to the far post and Casemiro rose highest to thump a towering header past Bernd Leno.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

Another errand took him to Ruck’s Creek, called “Knocker’s Hole,” because all day you could hear the thump, thump, thump of the caulker’s mallets, caulking the seams of ships.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham




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