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Whenever things look grim, I remember that David Blake, a guy preparing for a marathon bike trip, not that long ago couldn’t walk, talk or even clap his hands.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

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

A la Karen Carpenter, Paulina sang lead vocals from behind the drum kit, calling on the crowd to clap and sing along to the music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 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

My hands clap onto my ears, elbows out, and I plow my head into Mom’s stomach, as if I’m five again.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

The track is also distinctly representative of Milwaukee, Busalacchi said, in part because of the claps that define the city’s rap culture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 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

On opening night, the crowd claps along to the numbers, cheering with delight at each new piece of whimsy that rolls or soars onto the floor-level stage.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

Still carrying his school bag, he claps his hands - a gesture that appears calm.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

He claps his hands and bounces in his booster seat.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

“We have the opportunity to do something different in these next 250 years,” she continued as the audience clapped and cheered.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

And on the day itself, a frantic rush, as one leader will be clapped out, and less than two hours later, a new one clapped in.

From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026

A few of the men clapped me on the back.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

As he paused, passionate cheers and clapping could be heard from his fans.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

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

In that moment, we were happy, we were clapping, we might have even been hopeful.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

The second I finish speaking, Miss Forshaw starts clapping.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler