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clatter

[klat-er] / ˈklæt ər /




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“Couture’s” three principals rarely interact with one another, but those meaningful exchanges argue that, amid the mad clatter of the everyday, a brief, unguarded moment with a stranger can be supremely restorative.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

The shuffling clatter of domino-shaped ceramic tiles drowned out the women’s laughter.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

At Encirc's Elton factory, where bottles clatter along the conveyor belts to be filled and labelled, executives say energy prices are inseparable from the push to decarbonise.

From Barron's Feb. 18, 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

Then she heard new sounds: the clatter of rocks, the groans of a dying tree.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

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

The 19-year-old's quickest time on the board so far is a 1:18.667 and on his latest run, clatters the kerbs in the borrowed Haas.

From BBC May 16, 2024

A conveyor clatters as the last papers are carried to the bundlers.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 10, 2024

Then Evans clatters into Havertz, a calling card right there.

From The Guardian Nov. 20, 2021

We both let go of the dye at the same time, and the box clatters to the floor.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

But the moment that may have sealed Argentina’s fate came in the final minutes of second-half stoppage time when Enzo Fernández clattered into Spanish center back Pau Cubarsí at midfield, flipping him head over heels.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

A long ball was played forward and Bosnia goalkeeper Nikola Vasilj leapt and punched the ball, but then on the follow-through his fists clattered into the head of Canada striker Tani Oluwaseyi.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

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

One of the men in front of me stumbled, and a piece of salt clattered off the wooden boardwalk beneath us and splashed.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz

Once it missed the dishwasher altogether, sending a plate clattering to the floor.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 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

We were approached by two hikers who were — teeth clattering incessantly and clothes soaked — ill-equipped for the evening.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 23, 2025

Johnson was dismissed in the 55th minute after clattering into Lopez, a needless challenge that initially earned a yellow card from Erik Lambrechts before VAR sent him trudging to the dressing room.

From Barron's Nov. 4, 2025

Cardan’s sword flies from his hand, clattering across the floor toward me.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black




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