clang
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In a clip posted on Instagram, the German relay team are jumping up and down in celebration when suddenly Strelow's bronze medal comes loose and a metallic clang echoes through the room.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
The young trio’s minimalist arrangements evoke the clang of downtown post-punk New York, while the new collection’s sly humor and deep well of hooks helped the dissonant turns go down easily.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
A similar incident occurred in January in Germany when a passenger - this time a fare-dodger - clang to the outside of a German high-speed train.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025
The first American pope has been a font of endless, odd connections to the New World that clang against the public perception of the ancient Catholic Church.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2025
Jesper bounced from foot to foot in front of the incinerator, the dim clang of alarm bells filling his ears, rattling his thoughts.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
No. But it was full of humanity, scenery and comforting clangs and rumbles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
MPs may find the clangs irritating but they should be grateful they weren't working in the Canadian Parliament in the 1980s.
From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2024
The two dancers, accompanied by metronomic clicks and clangs, oscillated like parts of a machine built to do a pendular, hip-wagging dance like the floss.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2022
It’s a fun, loose record stuffed with twisting and vibrating electronics that shifts tonally from pop-heavy melodies to erratic heavy clangs, as Smith’s voice wriggles around from gargled snarl to smoothed-out croon.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2020
I plop back onto my metal stool, which clangs and slides.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
Pots clanged and oil sizzled inside the London kitchen of Syrian chef Imad Alarnab, as the former refugee who fled his country's civil war recalled hosting King Charles III.
From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026
USC clung to a one-point lead as freshman Alijah Arenas stepped back for a jumper that clanged away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026
When the ball clanged off the bright yellow pole, Judge raised his right hand toward the sky and tossed his bat to the ground, as bedlam erupted all around him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
McManus’ first of two errant field goals was a 50-yarder that clanged off the right upright in the first quarter.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2023
Powell’s fingers went up to his long-suffering mustache and clanged uselessly against the transparent visor.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
The rhythmic clanging of hammers on bronze echoes through the Istanbul workshop where three craftsmen are landing blows with astonishing precision to transform featureless metal discs into highly prized handcrafted cymbals.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Yet, Fire Island as a concept produces nothing more than a toy monkey clanging its cymbals in my brain.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
But classic feels too fusty and self-conscious, even though “Hokum” has all the tropes: looming figures, clanging bells, ominous dumbwaiters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
Ollie Chessum, brought in for his heft, delivered in spades, scoring two tries, laying on a deft pass for Alex Coles' score and clanging about in close combat.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
Then, I hear the braying of scared sheep and men shouting and the clanging of metal.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
