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McNeil's thumper and Doucoure's calm finish brought much-needed joy to the home faithful, and the atmosphere had become raucous before Beto's composed finish added gloss to a well-earned victory.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2023

A thumper across gyms and football fields made even more poignant by its status as the last iconic Takeoff verse.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2023

To give the sandworm’s gaping maw some grandeur, Green recorded a friend’s dog as it gnashed its teeth, while Mangini added grumbling whale noises that matched the rhythm of the thumper — gunk, gunk, gunk.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2022

Topping this year’s bill are progressive house mainstays Kaskade and Alesso, Porter Robinson, Canadian bassheads Zeds Dead and Australian house thumper Fisher.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 24, 2022

The would-be thumper, walking disappointedly back to his chair, wondered if it wasn’t just possible that Dad really did.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey