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[thuhmp] / θʌmp /


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During that stage, teams will directly measure the aircraft's supersonic flight signature to confirm that it is producing the quiet supersonic thump it was designed to generate.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

A left-foot finish that saw off Rangers on Monday and a right-foot finish that ended up earning this point at Motherwell, an emphatic close-range thump, the importance of which is yet to be determined.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Inside a dim New Orleans-style bar in Hollywood, dozens of strangers mingle under the thump of pop music while nursing complimentary cocktails.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

Beaten at home by PSG last time out, Barcelona bounced back to thump Olympiacos 6-1 at Montjuic as Fermin Lopez starred with a hat-trick.

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025

I tried to shake her off and succeeded in freeing my arm only to have my bad leg give out and drop back onto the deck with a tailbone-bruising thump.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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