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The pink, mouse-like creatures lived in craters covered by dustbin lids - the lids' noisy "clang" gave the show its name.

From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026

White and the other activists finished their speeches and then began a cacerolazo — a type of Latin American protest where people clang pots and pans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

In a clip posted on Instagram, the German relay team are jumping up and down in celebration when suddenly Strelow's bronze medal comes loose and a metallic clang echoes through the room.

From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026

The young trio’s minimalist arrangements evoke the clang of downtown post-punk New York, while the new collection’s sly humor and deep well of hooks helped the dissonant turns go down easily.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025

It bounced onto the stove with a loud clang and began to bubble at once.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

Its closing track, a harmonically suspended instrumental titled “The Brazilian,” flirted with the avant-garde by repeating the same anti-melody, anchored on a jungle of percussive clangs and hyperkinetic Simmons drum rolls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026

MPs may find the clangs irritating but they should be grateful they weren't working in the Canadian Parliament in the 1980s.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2024

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — The clangs of the men’s chisels and hammers were deafening as they dismantled a rusty truck, the din only fading as it reached the dense forest encircling them.

From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2022

It’s a fun, loose record stuffed with twisting and vibrating electronics that shifts tonally from pop-heavy melodies to erratic heavy clangs, as Smith’s voice wriggles around from gargled snarl to smoothed-out croon.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 25, 2020

Fierce, I push against the desk; my chair bangs, clangs to the floor.

From "Towers Falling" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Pots clanged and oil sizzled inside the London kitchen of Syrian chef Imad Alarnab, as the former refugee who fled his country's civil war recalled hosting King Charles III.

From Barron's ● Mar. 2, 2026

USC clung to a one-point lead as freshman Alijah Arenas stepped back for a jumper that clanged away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026

When the ball clanged off the bright yellow pole, Judge raised his right hand toward the sky and tossed his bat to the ground, as bedlam erupted all around him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025

McManus’ first of two errant field goals was a 50-yarder that clanged off the right upright in the first quarter.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2023

He had just reached this unwelcome conclusion when the lift clanged to a halt in front of them.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

Yet, Fire Island as a concept produces nothing more than a toy monkey clanging its cymbals in my brain.

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026

But classic feels too fusty and self-conscious, even though “Hokum” has all the tropes: looming figures, clanging bells, ominous dumbwaiters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026

Ollie Chessum, brought in for his heft, delivered in spades, scoring two tries, laying on a deft pass for Alex Coles' score and clanging about in close combat.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

“My Soul / Half Pint,” which features Dry Cleaning fan Jeff Tweedy of Wilco on clanging guitar, is about a woman who meticulously arranges her house but finds cleaning “demeaning.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026

King leaves, pushing the door hard enough to nearly break the hinges, the bell clanging wildly.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas