thunder
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It is possible that heavier downpours with thunder and lightning could affect southern and south-eastern England on Tuesday night and Wednesday.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
And finally, who knows when competitors are going to release their own agents and try to steal Meta’s thunder?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Micron Technology may be about to steal Nvidia’s thunder and underscore its increasing relevance to the broader stock market.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
The crack of the bat echoed the thunder that had been rumbling outside of the roofed ballpark for much of the afternoon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
The wind, thunder, and lightning stopped but it was still raining tadpoles and crawdads.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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He’s quick to slide his board into one of the glassy tubes, gliding out before the wave thunders down onto the reef, a monstrous spray of lapping white froth raining down behind him.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2024
"I wanted to come and imagine where each of them was sitting," she explained, gesturing to different points on the ground as traffic thunders by.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2024
The secretary of state’s “silence thunders in my ears and heart,” the rabbi wrote.
From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2023
Yet this new chamber music triptych dances more than it thunders.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
"No one leaves a King," Noodle thunders at me.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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The Chase Center thundered with 18,000 violet-clad fans as the Golden State Valkyries beat the Atlanta Dream 68-63 to win a championship in the franchise’s second year of play.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
A world-cleansing storm has thundered ominously on the horizon ever since “The Bear” began.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
When CNN co-moderator Elex Michaelson asked Villaraigosa if he would cancel California’s much-maligned high-speed rail project, the candidate’s emphatic “No” thundered down like a Lebron James dunk.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
Everton pushed for a winner and Gueye, another of Senegal's Africa Cup of Nations heroes, almost got it when he thundered a fierce strike against the bar.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
But the holes were too small and the rotors were too loud, and a few minutes later, the helicopter thundered away without even knowing they were there.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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When we reached the top, the mighty falls thundering above us, triumph flickered across her face.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Once inside the park before 8 a.m., their first stop was the Bridalveil Fall Trail, a short trek that takes visitors right to the base of the thundering cascade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Noise level, given we're dealing with state-of-the-art racing machines thundering around a circuit, is actually a big talking point currently and particularly pertinent for neurodivergent fans.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
“It was raining straight down, it was thundering and it was 27 degrees,” he said, recalling watching the storm early Sunday morning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
The cows came thundering toward Marly and Mother just the way they had before, but way back they stopped like magic.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
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