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clatter

[klat-er] / ˈklæt ər /




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Mr. Coffin et al. stage a colorful but uninteresting clatter of random mayhem, only occasionally interrupted by an ironic wink: “We are no longer evil,” announces Goomi.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

Saka's ability to take contact from defenders that clatter into the back of him is something he has mastered in the safer environment of the right wing and is invaluable centrally.

From BBC Feb. 16, 2026

Aromatics are where things begin: ginger, garlic, onions and their cousins; the soft clatter of mirepoix or soffritto; a bloom of spices warming in fat.

From Salon Feb. 8, 2026

A nationwide noise ordinance is supposed to limit the din, especially late at night, but residents say the courtside clatter often goes unmuted.

From Barron's Dec. 28, 2025

At first, Molly thought she was imagining it, the clomping and clatter mixed in with the ordinary traffic of Second Avenue.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

She watches a humanoid robot totter around a demonstration kitchen until it trips on a chair and clatters to the ground.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

A conveyor clatters as the last papers are carried to the bundlers.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2024

Brian Bathurst is a builder by trade but when we meet he is strapped in the back of a coastguard helicopter as it clatters through the dramatic peaks of Glen Coe.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2023

But at the very moment of its triumphant recovery, the painting clatters to the floor, by simple accident.

From New York Times Jul. 22, 2021

It clatters every time he makes a turn or the slightest swerve.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

Wine spilled and serving trays clattered to the ground as people screamed and sobbed.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 26, 2026

After being rocked by a deep Alcaraz return at 15-30, he clattered another forehand into the net on championship point.

From BBC Feb. 1, 2026

But moments later Davide Bartesaghi clattered into Mikael Ellertsson, leaving Stanciu with the task of beating France goalkeeper Mike Maignan and taking a shock three points.

From Barron's Jan. 8, 2026

A tattooed skateboarder clattered over sidewalks, and a man sat on a bench in the shade, reading the Bible and taking notes near the opera house where the musical “Oklahoma” was playing.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2024

It clattered to the floor, startling Cecilia, who turned around to look at the mess with wide-eyed amazement.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

“Ups & Downs” is an instrumental with a droning keyboard—perhaps a harmonium—along with a clarinet and clattering percussion that sounds like a drum kit being slowly unpacked from its case.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

It switches between a ghostly, vaporous beat and a hectic middle passage filled with sampled and pitched-up voices and clattering percussion.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

The midfielder's effort was good, but Kinsky's save was better as he turned it over the bar, clattering into the post in the process.

From BBC Apr. 25, 2026

He rigged a burglar alarm with foam so it made a loud clattering sound.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 9, 2026

Beau came bounding out, his claws clattering on the wet sidewalk.

From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart




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