thump
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“When the males interact with each other, you hear the thump thump thump of their paws.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
But Mexico are on their home territory, back at Estadio Azteca where I watched them thump South Africa.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
During those future flights, researchers will gather public feedback about the aircraft's quieter sonic "thump" and evaluate how people respond to it.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
Moments later, a bass thump sounded in the distance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
I hear a thump as he leaps from the kitchen counter to the floor.
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
Alcaraz turns around and thumps Sinner at the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
The drum thumps were meant to evoke their emotions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2025
As the beat from Azealia Banks’ “212” thumps in the background, she bounces around her tiny New York bedroom, twirling like a chemically enhanced cool girl.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2025
Three men of the 1st Special Purpose Bohun Brigade climb into an armoured Humvee, as the sound of artillery thumps ahead in the distance.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2023
He picks up a file and thumps it down in front of him and starts flipping through it.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
And Yamal hasn’t found the net since Spain thumped Saudi Arabia 4-0 in its second game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The Angels thumped the Colorado Rockies 11-4, but one good night cannot change the trajectory of a miserable season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
Marc Leonard, summoning every ounce of venom he could muster, thumped one on goal and it came slapping back off the crossbar.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
As the sun faded, the square thumped with screams of the crowd.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2026
My heart thumped the name “Armando,” whispered hoarsely as in the radio soap operas, and I willed him to look up and fall in love with me at first sight.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
At night, queues snake around the block outside nightclubs where DJ’s spin thumping house music for big-spending revelers, their faces sculpted by surgery and tanned by the sun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
As exit polls put the Alternative for Germany's vote share at a thumping 44 percent, jubilant scenes erupted at a post-election party in Magdeburg, capital of the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Although the stock recovered later, it still ended the day with another thumping 10% loss.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 6, 2026
It stated Jodrell Bank was "an icon in UK cultural and scientific history", which was the "thriving, thumping heart of space observation, research and education in the UK".
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
“Do you guys have your phones? Mine’s dead,” I say, panic driving my heart to thumping.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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