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clacks

verb

present tense third-person singular of clack

as in clatters

to make a series of short sharp noises her teeth clacked because she was freezing while waiting for the bus

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Then, a mannequin clatters to the floor from the ceiling and breaks apart.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2025
Deacon clatters off in his truck, leaving me to contemplate my new home.

— Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025

Definition of clatters

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All agree that police abuse of the ALPR system, such as in Milwaukee, rattles the public’s trust.

— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 26 July 2026
As Silicon Valley’s artificial intelligence boom powers America’s economy, rattles its job market, and shapes its national security priorities, political leaders are struggling for traction on how the government should seek to engage the technology, if at all.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 June 2026

Definition of rattles

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The tone continues to be placid, the plunky marimba and steel drum score remains the same, and the performances only grow to feel even more remarkably lived-in as the severity of the situation clicks into place.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026
The line clicks again and a new voice floods into the receiver.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026

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