thunderclap
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"On paper, this was another thunderclap quarter. And yet the stock dipped. The market is no longer pricing growth. It is pricing perpetuity."
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 2026
He remains a thunderclap from the baseline, but has options other than ferocious groundstrokes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2025
We thought there would be a reaction but nobody could have foreseen this absolute thunderclap.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025
Reaser’s laugh erupts without warning, big and loud like a thunderclap; Harner’s is equally boisterous.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2025
Rising on its hind legs, it bared its teeth and bellowed out a thunderclap of a roar.
From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman
His new setting is peaceful, aside from occasional thunderclaps rolling through the valley during the rainy season, and the wildlife.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026
From footsteps to thunderclaps, little is heard on set other than the actors’ dialogue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
Levels of suffering that once felt like thunderclaps now resemble a metronome's clicks — the background noise against which everyday life plays.
From Salon ● May 9, 2022
Cities are nearly impossible; sound waves bounce off buildings in erratic ways, and thunderclaps can set off car alarms.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2022
I tested every handhold for loose rocks and moved only in the thunderclaps of cannon fire as they echoed in the gorge.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
