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thunderclap

[thuhn-der-klap] / ˈθʌn dərˌklæp /




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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

The couple’s deaths have sent a thunderclap through Hollywood and beyond, partly because the Reiners had so many friends and connections in creative and political circles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2025

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

His outstretched hands were inches from taking hold of her when a thunderclap shook the basement, accompanied by a brief moment of blackness.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

His new setting is peaceful, aside from occasional thunderclaps rolling through the valley during the rainy season, and the wildlife.

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026

Guest soloist Alexander Wasserman practiced the Grieg concerto, chords like thunderclaps resonating from the grand piano, a gorgeous black-lacquer Shigeru Kawai donated for this performance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2025

The light rises and fades while faint thunderclaps can be heard — sounds that in fact are a slowed-down recording of clay being knocked out of brick molds, the artist explained.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2023

Some share their seismograms of thunderclaps, powerlifting workouts and neighborhood construction with the hashtag #WhatsTheWiggle, while others follow the everyday vibrations of loved ones far away.

From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2023

I tested every handhold for loose rocks and moved only in the thunderclaps of cannon fire as they echoed in the gorge.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri


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