clang
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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
The first American pope has been a font of endless, odd connections to the New World that clang against the public perception of the ancient Catholic Church.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2025
One in a while, a veteran wandered or fell onto the trolley tracks and didn’t hear or chose not to hear the warning clang of the bell of an approaching train.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024
The metal locker door closes with a clang.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
No. But it was full of humanity, scenery and comforting clangs and rumbles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
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
The two dancers, accompanied by metronomic clicks and clangs, oscillated like parts of a machine built to do a pendular, hip-wagging dance like the floss.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2022
The clangs of the passing trolleys and beeps of the pedestrian walk signals echoed in the downtown area’s near-empty streets.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 20, 2020
One of the radiators clangs and steams all day despite various attempts to shut it down.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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
Jason Heyward turned on a 100 mph fastball and clanged it off the Roberto Clemente Wall for a double in the second inning.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
Uncle D winked at me as if to say, ‘Girl, you were surely missed,’ and my heart clanged worse than when I got my first kiss from Ellis Carter.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
The rhythmic clanging of hammers on bronze echoes through the Istanbul workshop where three craftsmen are landing blows with astonishing precision to transform featureless metal discs into highly prized handcrafted cymbals.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Yet, Fire Island as a concept produces nothing more than a toy monkey clanging its cymbals in my brain.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 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
This sent alarm bells clanging back in Whitehall.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2025
Then, I hear the braying of scared sheep and men shouting and the clanging of metal.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
