thunderclap

Example Sentences

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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

His chapters end with a wink as often as a thunderclap.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 7, 2025

A local resident told Yonhap that he had been watching television at home when the explosion, which sounded "like a thunderclap", shook the house.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2025

I seemed to be less shocked by it now than I had the first time last August, when it had broken over our heads like a thunderclap in a flawless sky.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles