thunder
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Pistons fans banging inflatable thunder sticks erupted in the third quarter as Detroit ripped off an 11-0 run to close the lead to three with 1:03 remaining in the quarter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
Micron Technology may be about to steal Nvidia’s thunder and underscore its increasing relevance to the broader stock market.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
Siri finally works like a chatbot, but AI agent apps such as Instinct and Muse are stealing its thunder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The crack of the bat echoed the thunder that had been rumbling outside of the roofed ballpark for much of the afternoon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Instead, the overhang decided to kill Jack’s hopes by cracking right in half with a sound like thunder.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
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“This is the first round, so show what you got!” host Melkez Reynolds thunders over the dueling DJs.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
"I wanted to come and imagine where each of them was sitting," she explained, gesturing to different points on the ground as traffic thunders by.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2024
The secretary of state’s “silence thunders in my ears and heart,” the rabbi wrote.
From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2023
“Never darken my door again!” he thunders old-fashionedly, as though he’s subconsciously aware that the writers Kirsi Vikman and Jimmy Karlsson are drawing on centuries of love stories about savage men and civilizing women.
From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
The man thunders into the room and guzzles two cups of Belle-rose tea.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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The Chase Center thundered with 18,000 violet-clad fans as the Golden State Valkyries beat the Atlanta Dream 68-63 to win a championship in the franchise’s second year of play.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
A world-cleansing storm has thundered ominously on the horizon ever since “The Bear” began.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
When CNN co-moderator Elex Michaelson asked Villaraigosa if he would cancel California’s much-maligned high-speed rail project, the candidate’s emphatic “No” thundered down like a Lebron James dunk.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
"Where is the money?" supporters of Magyar's party, Tisza, thundered in unison, referring to accusations against local Fidesz politicians over millions of euros of public funds that have gone missing.
From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026
Their feet pounded and thundered on the ground and left a great sheet of dust behind them.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
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But for the thundering prose, Guterres leaves office with a world far hotter than when he took office in 2017 shortly after the landmark Paris Agreement took effect.
From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2026
And I heard about it, in thundering waves of sarcasm and snark, from old fashioned emails to online comments, a tsunami of taunts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
“It was raining straight down, it was thundering and it was 27 degrees,” he said, recalling watching the storm early Sunday morning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
They had Toulouse rocking and they landed another blow, a rolling line-out maul thundering over the try-line with substitute Hiddleston touching down to give Warriors the lead for the first time.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025
It enraged him as he listened to the thundering feet of his retreating children and heard Mary Anne scream, “Torah! Torah! Torah!”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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