as in claps
a loud explosive sound
awakened by the thunderclap of a large branch falling on the roof
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Noun
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Oscar-winning composer Daniel Blumberg was tasked with layering in claps, stomps and screams.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
24 Jan. 2026 -
Listeners replied with claps and exclamations of eager agreement.—
Madeline King,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Fewer said she and her dog were terrified by the booms.—
Tori Apodaca,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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The orders come as Japanese content booms on Netflix.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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At Dior Men, some models sported lemon-yellow tresses fashioned with bangs.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
27 Jan. 2026
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At the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards, her pixie cut entered bob territory, long and flipped with bangs to match.—
Essence,
Essence,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Most of them were in the South, where weekend blasts of freezing rain caused tree limbs and power lines to snap, inflicting crippling outages on northern Mississippi and parts of Tennessee.—
Russ Bynum,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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Most of the outages were in the South, where weekend blasts of freezing rain caused tree limbs and power lines to snap, inflicting crippling outages on northern Mississippi and parts of Tennessee.—
Elissa Jorgensen,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Jan. 2026
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