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racketing

verb

present participle of racket

as in clanking

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The smell of sterile floors, gowns, instruments on clinking metal trays.

— Rebekah Taussig, Time, 7 July 2026
The central lobby space is a social scene abuzz with people enjoying formal afternoon tea, clinking glasses at the Champagne bar (rotating themes and partnerships add variety for locals) or tucking into meals at the dining room.

— Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

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Field recordings—from the preparation of street food to birds chirping, taken mostly in public spaces around Doha—are a kind of sonic memory of a place that is rapidly changing.

— Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
As totality nears, the light around you changes timbre, shadows sharpen, birds stop chirping and crickets start singing as if night is falling.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 17 July 2026

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Anyone clicking on this layer while looking at a wildfire location can see active fires in white or yellow, burning vegetation in red, and burned landscapes in dark brown or black.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
But something wasn’t clicking, and a school psychologist diagnosed him with a panic disorder, anxiety and depression.

— Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026

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Automobile horns echoed here and there in the distance, and as the government railway train departed the station under the bridge, a string of small lights heralded the far-off clacking of its wheels.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
The majority of people sitting in those seats—click-clacking away on their computers with an IV dangling from one arm—are women, including me.

— Fiorella Valdesolo, Allure, 15 July 2026

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Kemp and Jackson united at the Georgia Chamber’s annual congressional luncheon for the first time since Jackson’s party-rattling primary win.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026
There’s certainly good news there, but the program also saw its average revenue per user drop over the last quarter, rattling investors.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 6 Aug. 2026

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