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Crowds braved record heat to attend US President Donald Trump's grand July Fourth celebrations in Washington Saturday, until sharp winds, thunder and lightning prompted evacuations and the scene descended into chaos, anger and confusion.

From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026

But the top note, the sauce, is the silence enveloping it all, peppered by the thunder of a squall just outside.

From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026

In Dalkeith, Stuart Drummond woke up at about 03:00 to the sound of thunder and lightning "billowing" across the sky.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

The first four players trotted onto the court as their names were called and as “Sirius” battled the rising thunder of the crowd.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

In fact, the clap of thunder was so loud no one could hear the Shadow Queen and her ribbons of dark trailing behind them.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Another scene, in which a captured German officer demands the young private’s name and Mainwaring thunders: “Don’t tell him, Pike” is routinely voted one of Britain’s funniest TV moments.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 5, 2024

"I wanted to come and imagine where each of them was sitting," she explained, gesturing to different points on the ground as traffic thunders by.

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2024

“America, you are too arrogant,” he thunders, overcoming his inner censor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 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

Every time it thunders we jump as if guards had opened fire on the house.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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

"Where is the money?" supporters of Magyar's party, Tisza, thundered in unison, referring to accusations against local Fidesz politicians over millions of euros of public funds that have gone missing.

From Barron's ● Apr. 10, 2026

“A month of bombing has achieved nothing,” its cover thundered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

As the sweeping “O Fortuna” movement of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana thundered over the loudspeakers, he rose from underneath the stage while sitting on a badass, none-more-black throne decorated with skulls and a gigantic bat.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2025

Ivy’s stomach did its normal thing, which is to say it thundered and flashed like a wild storm, but for once Ivy didn’t mind.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake

Once inside the park before 8 a.m., their first stop was the Bridalveil Fall Trail, a short trek that takes visitors right to the base of the thundering cascade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

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

Dinwiddie evolves from being a thundering doubter about Washington to being an equally thundering supporter who refuses to accept the younger man’s resignation after a setback.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 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

Soon, they once again heard the sound of thundering rapids.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple