bang
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Coral Pena told the outlet that she heard a bang during the incident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Witnesses told national broadcaster ABC they heard a bang and saw a woman pinned between two cars.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
People nearby were confused, she said, and one man was "trying to bang on the fence to try and deter the tiger away, but it obviously wasn't doing anything".
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
“If you’re thinking about a significant institution to philanthropically support, universities are a great bang for your buck,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
The deflation would get faster and faster, the universe would get hotter and hotter, and it would eventually end in a backward big bang: the big crunch.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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