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The pink, mouse-like creatures lived in craters covered by dustbin lids - the lids' noisy "clang" gave the show its name.

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026

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

Bee Wilson’s own painful memories were triggered by the clang of a heart-shaped baking tin falling to the floor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 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

They hauled it off the table with a great clang.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Its closing track, a harmonically suspended instrumental titled “The Brazilian,” flirted with the avant-garde by repeating the same anti-melody, anchored on a jungle of percussive clangs and hyperkinetic Simmons drum rolls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026

Back at the centrifuge, it slows to a stop and the door clangs open.

From BBC ● May 8, 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

Once it had sunk all the way down, there were more clangs and squeals and the ship started moving on tracks into the chamber to the right.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner

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

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

The ball clanged off the front rim, appearing short — until backspin carried it to the back iron for a second bounce.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2025

Loyd’s chance with 2 seconds left clanged wide and the teams regrouped before overtime.

From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024

A bell clanged; and from the Watchers there went up a high and dreadful wail.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Her ongoing collaboration with producer Ovy On The Drums — they’re the same age, 35, both from Medellín — was transformative, combining clanging, tribal beats with liquid textures and a refined, champagne-like lightness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

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

“My Soul / Half Pint,” which features Dry Cleaning fan Jeff Tweedy of Wilco on clanging guitar, is about a woman who meticulously arranges her house but finds cleaning “demeaning.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 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