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Many solid aerospace and defense earnings landed with a thud, with investors worried about the sector outlook amid rising energy prices.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

The discrepancy makes for a uniquely unnerving experience, especially in a theater with a decent sound system, where every unexpected thud can feel like it’s creeping in closer and closer.

From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026

Some might call the stalemate and the passion and the thud and blunder compelling, but you have low expectations if that's the case.

From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026

One interview with talk-radio show “LBC” was interrupted when air defenses intercepted another Iranian attack with an audible thud.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

But just as he started to feel a tiny bit calmer, there was a loud thud at the end of the roof.

From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis

Likewise, the score by Tony Doogan leans too heavily on generic electronic thuds, the kind that segue into a commercial break cliffhanger and an ad for blood pressure medicine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

He has since returned to training at his Tokyo stable, where the bone-crunching thuds of wrestlers colliding echoes around the walls six mornings a week.

From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026

Tom has reached an age when he can no longer get around the house without an accompaniment of creaks and groans and thuds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025

Ross McCrorie drops a shoulder and storms into the Leicester box for Bristol City and then thuds a shot at goal.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2024

From the ceiling she heard a thud, then three fast thuds, followed by another thud.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

Sixty-six-year-old Jose Pena hid in the bushes as two Ecuadoran military helicopters thudded overhead.

From Barron's ● Mar. 20, 2026

As Mesidor and Bain have thudded their way through the first two rounds of the playoff, Miami’s pass rush has reduced some of college football’s most explosive offenses to little more than firecrackers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

The theater literally thudded with the sound of high heels as attendees flooded out while Mohammed offered his own housekeeping notes, including a directive to “vacate in height order” in case of emergency.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2024

Blackburn began on the front foot but Duane Holmes fluffed the first big chance at the other end, before Arnur Sigurdsson's side-foot volley from a precise Tyrhys Dolan cross thudded against the Preston bar.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2023

It all thudded in his mind, made him tremble.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner

Williams had no problem approaching the devastating service speed of her glory days, thudding down one unreturnable delivery that reached 120mph late in the first set.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

Local Facebook groups were flooded with complaints from Inuit hunters annoyed that the thudding helicopters scared away the reindeer from traditional hunting grounds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026

In “1984,” Big Brother survives by wielding absolute power; freedom is flattened by the thudding steps of a goose-stepping soldier and by language that makes those steps seem necessary.

From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025

But, equipped with a thudding backhand, Andreeva can redirect rallies at will, forcing opponents to go on the defensive, and has good anticipation of their next shot.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2025

Brother Paul was a large man, and when he walked through the corridor the thudding of his feet seemed to shake the walls, heavy as they were.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli