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[thuhn-der] / ˈθʌn dər /






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It is possible that heavier downpours with thunder and lightning could affect southern and south-eastern England on Tuesday night and Wednesday.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

You can’t have Romeo without Juliet, thunder without lightning, Thanksgiving without turkey.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 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

But for the Bolts, favored by 9½ points, there would be no thunder stealing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Behind me, Auntie’s laugh was a clap of thunder.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

As Jalla thunders towards its climax, it erupts amid what is presumably Cyprus's entire stock of pyrotechnics.

From BBC ● May 14, 2026

“This is the first round, so show what you got!” host Melkez Reynolds thunders over the dueling DJs.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 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

In Asgard, three gods sat on their thrones: one-eyed Odin the all-father, red-bearded Thor of the thunders, and handsome Frey of the summer's harvest.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

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

It thundered across the field, stomped through the stream, and John Henry raced toward it, hammer in hand.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

Noise level, given we're dealing with state-of-the-art racing machines thundering around a circuit, is actually a big talking point currently and particularly pertinent for neurodivergent fans.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

That was the beginning of the chants, arguably louder than for any other player in Dodger Stadium history, stronger than Moo-kie, deeper than Fred-die, chants thundering enough to seemingly be heard for a lifetime.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026

“It was raining straight down, it was thundering and it was 27 degrees,” he said, recalling watching the storm early Sunday morning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026

This city may be small, but in 1926 it became immortal, the place where a fiesta, thundering hooves, and a novel collided to shape modern legend.

From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025

It takes me a while to notice the roar of the audience’s cheers thundering all around the landscape.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu


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