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

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

The historic nature of that thunderclap moment wasn’t lost on the 34-year-old entrepreneur.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

I watched him pushing out his lips, trying to gather back his pride, his anger, all that thunderclap he’d first come striding in here with.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd