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Iñárritu portrays the average person as a seal, ready to bark and clap at anything that so much as alludes to reality.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

The packed gallery mostly maintained decorum, letting out a clap when a “not guilty” was read for Banks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Music is embedded in our brains and in our bodies, expressed with every rhythmic breath and step we take, each time we clap our hands, stomp our feet, beat our chests, whistle, hum or sing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

A clap of thunder cracked over the town of Lege-Cap-Ferret, and a few raindrops started to fall over the coastal region that has seen France's worst wildfire since 1949.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Feathers and beads of every color under the hot sun fly everywhere in swirls, as people clap along to the music and dance on by.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

“Feels great,” one of the men coming off the ship said to claps and cheers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Thousands of blue and yellow-clad supporters blocked a road, waved the country’s flags and chanted “Bosnia” to a drumbeat and coordinated hand claps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

They paired up for a fast-counting exercise where partners took turns counting to three as fast as they could, then substituted claps or foot-stamping for numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

The machine was collected from North Shields in March 2024 and was welcomed with claps and cheers when it reached Coniston later that day.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025

She is probably cursing the GPS woman as Malcolm claps his hands over his ears in the passenger seat.

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

The musicians were smiling, the spectators tapped and clapped, and that magical sense of timelessness was real, spanning multiple generations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Lincoln said all the crew had been touched by the gratitude shown by local people, who clapped as they returned from fighting the fire.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

When Verdugo appointed himself mayor, the audience whooped and clapped.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

The ex-Manchester mayor was clapped and cheered as some 200 Labour MPs welcomed him back to parliament after a nine-year absence for his swearing in on Monday, hours after Starmer tendered his resignation.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Natalie clapped with the rest of the crowd as the other speakers came out and took a final bow, and the kids who’d Zoomed in waved from the screen.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

There was a telltale uncanniness to it—people clapping too slowly, as if underwater—but there was no disclaimer that it was fake.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

They stood onstage in a circle, clapping out the permutations of shifting meters—7 beats, 6 beats, or 5—that shape the three sections of a then-brand-new piece, “Fluoroscope.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

The applause duly began before the famous door opened, so the first sight and sound to greet Andy Burnham and his wife were crowds of clapping staff, crammed into the Downing Street hall.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

When Iran scored, an employee jumping and clapping behind the counter led a chant in Farsi of “long live the Shah.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

“Okay, you guys,” said Jenny, clapping her hands together.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein