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booms
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Strong thunderstorms with bright flashes of lightning and loud booms of thunder rolled through the Kansas City are overnight, drenching the metro with more than an inch of rain in a matter of hours.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 May 2026 -
The bangs and booms will echo longer and louder into the night at Washington’s official Fourth of July celebration this year if event planners can achieve their goal of presenting the world’s largest ever fireworks display.—
Joe Heim,
Washington Post,
14 May 2026
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“Airbursts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airbursts. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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