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thunderclap

[thuhn-der-klap] / ˈθʌn dərˌklæp /




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Jack Dempsey was a human thunderclap, but hardly alone in that.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

"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

The producers of which had the good sense to stream worldwide for all of us outside the nation’s capital who wanted to experience the thunderclap of Page’s Lear.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026

He remains a thunderclap from the baseline, but has options other than ferocious groundstrokes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 7, 2025

Maester Luwin's voice cracked through the clangor of the yard as loud as a thunderclap.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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