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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

Sunshine and showers will be the dominant theme, with northern and eastern regions seeing the greatest concentration of these, and possibly hail and thunder too.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

And finally, who knows when competitors are going to release their own agents and try to steal Meta’s thunder?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 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

Boaz slid to the floor, struggling to regain his footing, at the same time that he heard a rumbling that might have passed for thunder.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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

From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026

Another scene, in which a captured German officer demands the young private’s name and Mainwaring thunders: “Don’t tell him, Pike” is routinely voted one of Britain’s funniest TV moments.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024

“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

Which creature could be found “below the thunders of the upper deep,” according to a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson?

From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2023

No/ My word is silent, but it thunders inside me.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

He’s distracted when he decides to race a comet: “We roared and thundered along side by side, both doing our level best, because I’d never struck a comet before that could lay over me.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 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

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

Ekon’s heart thundered in his chest like a war drum as he watched the monster turn its head slowly to the right.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

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

A major surgery inspires a mother-son adventure through Iceland’s remote Westfjords, where winding roads, thundering waterfalls and uneven hiking trails offer both travelers a test.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 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

Having fouled Florent Malouda for France's opener, the towering defender levelled with a thundering header from Andrea Pirlo's corner inside 20 minutes.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

“Aaron,” I say, my heart thundering, my breath catching and turning into meatier and meatier coughs.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness