thunderclap
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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
He remains a thunderclap from the baseline, but has options other than ferocious groundstrokes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2025
We thought there would be a reaction but nobody could have foreseen this absolute thunderclap.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025
Reaser’s laugh erupts without warning, big and loud like a thunderclap; Harner’s is equally boisterous.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
The moment my back was turned, the odors of swamp mud and decaying leaves drove out the tang of wood smoke, and darkness flowed in like a thunderclap.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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
Howling desert winds set the tone of a high school hallway smackdown; a few scenes later, a bedroom fist fight climaxes with a clatter of bells, thunderclaps and an eagle screech.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023
Sometimes storms seem to linger directly overhead, impervious to the wind’s whims, exploding every few seconds in thunderclaps and piercing, neon bolts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
Levels of suffering that once felt like thunderclaps now resemble a metronome's clicks — the background noise against which everyday life plays.
From Salon ● May 9, 2022
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
