clatter
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Mr. Coffin et al. stage a colorful but uninteresting clatter of random mayhem, only occasionally interrupted by an ironic wink: “We are no longer evil,” announces Goomi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Aromatics are where things begin: ginger, garlic, onions and their cousins; the soft clatter of mirepoix or soffritto; a bloom of spices warming in fat.
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2026
A nationwide noise ordinance is supposed to limit the din, especially late at night, but residents say the courtside clatter often goes unmuted.
From Barron's ● Dec. 28, 2025
That does not mean a defender cannot be sent off if they try to stop a shot and clatter into an attacker.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2025
There was a clatter of dishes, and after a while the talking stopped.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
“Slap the City” clatters and coos with R&B falsetto and at least makes the blank nihilism of Drake’s dating life feel self-aware.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
She watches a humanoid robot totter around a demonstration kitchen until it trips on a chair and clatters to the ground.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Dimitar Mitov comes out in an effort to stop Emiliano Marcondes as he attempts to get his head on Rocky Bushiri's deflected shot and absolutely clatters into the Hibs attacker.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2024
But at the very moment of its triumphant recovery, the painting clatters to the floor, by simple accident.
From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2021
It clatters to the floor, and the squirrel lands on my head before hopping back onto the counter.
From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott
The United Press International and Associated Press teletypes clattered away in a corner of the Columbus Citizen-Journal’s newsroom where I worked as a reporter in the 1970s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
But moments later Davide Bartesaghi clattered into Mikael Ellertsson, leaving Stanciu with the task of beating France goalkeeper Mike Maignan and taking a shock three points.
From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026
In the next over, Carse produced a beauty that clattered the off stump, only for a marginal overstep to be detected.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024
A tattooed skateboarder clattered over sidewalks, and a man sat on a bench in the shade, reading the Bible and taking notes near the opera house where the musical “Oklahoma” was playing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024
Suddenly, Renn turned and clattered down towards him.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Andres Cubas escaped a booking after clattering into Adrien Rabiot.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
Surrounded by sons and grandsons under a clattering ceiling fan, Safi showed the tattered identity document he has kept since fleeing the Soviet occupation more than four decades ago.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
It switches between a ghostly, vaporous beat and a hectic middle passage filled with sampled and pitched-up voices and clattering percussion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
He rigged a burglar alarm with foam so it made a loud clattering sound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026
In the heat of my front hall, with my teeth clattering together, I watched the lady and her coat flapping out there in the cold wind.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
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