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thunder

[thuhn-der] / ˈθʌn dər /






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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

With Treasury yields on the rise, stocks may be increasingly vulnerable to bonds stealing their thunder, particularly among investors who care about actual cash payouts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

But for the Bolts, favored by 9½ points, there would be no thunder stealing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

The first warning is valid from 02:00 BST with thunder and heavy rain due to move across south-east England in the early hours of Thursday morning.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Their stomps and claps rumbled beneath the thunder.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Erling Haaland thunders his way into our top 10 as the definition of a traditional centre-forward.

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026

He’s quick to slide his board into one of the glassy tubes, gliding out before the wave thunders down onto the reef, a monstrous spray of lapping white froth raining down behind him.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2024

The secretary of state’s “silence thunders in my ears and heart,” the rabbi wrote.

From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2023

Yet this new chamber music triptych dances more than it thunders.

From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2023

"No one leaves a King," Noodle thunders at me.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

Church bells pealed and cannons thundered when Americans learned that the Continental Congress had adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 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

Everton pushed for a winner and Gueye, another of Senegal's Africa Cup of Nations heroes, almost got it when he thundered a fierce strike against the bar.

From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026

As the sweeping “O Fortuna” movement of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana thundered over the loudspeakers, he rose from underneath the stage while sitting on a badass, none-more-black throne decorated with skulls and a gigantic bat.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2025

Dodger thundered through the flames at a full gallop.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

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

Once inside the park before 8 a.m., their first stop was the Bridalveil Fall Trail, a short trek that takes visitors right to the base of the thundering cascade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

As the thundering basslines rumble, hundreds of people dance with wild abandon.

From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2025

This city may be small, but in 1926 it became immortal, the place where a fiesta, thundering hooves, and a novel collided to shape modern legend.

From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025

At once, I release the splendor as it erupts, thundering loudly before it separates from me and my blade to seep back into the earth.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray




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