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Recent Examples of thunkKnicks head coach Tom Thibodeau predicted the type of thunk Brogdon would attempt.—Fred Katz, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025 Just an hour before, the metallic thunk of a mailbox lid triggered a line from his play, The Fear of 13, spoken when his character, a death-row inmate, receives a letter.—E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2024 There would be, for her, no thrilling thunk of a landing jay, no chickadee wings fanning her ears.—Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024 The venue fell silent as his final shot sailed toward the target, hitting with a thunk.—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for thunk
During its first three seasons, Ted Lasso became a massive ratings hit and a pop culture phenomenon while also garnering critical acclaim, including back-to-back Outstanding Comedy Series Emmys.
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Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
21 July 2025
With celebrities and pop culture icons showcasing their Labubu collections on social media, Labubu has become a cult toy especially with Gen Z. PopMart has very few retail locations in the US and toys are sold out very quickly online.
On the Mexico side of the border, Foxconn, Flex, Jabil and Dell all have operations and are benefitting from a boom in need for servers and related equipment being used to power the rapidly growing artificial intelligence industry’s needs.
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Ken Roberts,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
Witnesses reported hearing a massive boom around 7:30 a.m., followed by the shattering of glass and screams.
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Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
Gomez, always the goof in pics, is squatting in a pile of metallic balloons, reaching for the camera, while Swift, her bangs and red lipstick as perfectly in place as ever, leans back to gaze dreamily up at t—, are on brand for the duo.
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Sam Reed,
Glamour,
21 July 2025
With filming underway for The Devil Wears Prada 2, Anne Hathaway and 20th Century Studios are giving everyone a first look the actress’ Andy Sachs character, and something seems to be missing: her signature bangs.
Countless videos have been posted online about clap boxes, showing guests having their magical minute of fame or trying to mess with the cast by going in and out of the box over and over again.
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Nicholas Kobe,
People.com,
6 July 2025
The entire Republican conference applauded when the bill passed, with several shaking Johnson’s hand and giving him a clap on the back.
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Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
3 July 2025
Her best finish at a slam before this year was the French Open semis in 2019.
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Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
10 July 2025
In Protest The Texas capital displayed an on-brand and creative protest, with drag queen performances and poetry slams while demonstrators took to the parks in scenes reminiscent of hippies in the 1970s protesting the Vietnam War.
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