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Recent Examples of thunk
All recently out of high school, the Lemonheads play a ’77-style thunk that’s well-documented on Laughing All the Way to the Cleaners, their forthcoming 7″ EP on Patrick Amory’s Angry Arms label.
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Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
The finale, which aired in December 2022, landed with a startling thunk on the side of a boat.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
The Tricky Part: Calculating Odds Who’d have thunk?
—Eric Siegel, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Who woulda thunk Charlie Sheen would be, in this moment, one of the more representative people?
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
The finale, which aired in December 2022, landed with a startling thunk on the side of a boat.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
The Tricky Part: Calculating Odds Who’d have thunk?
—Eric Siegel, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Who woulda thunk Charlie Sheen would be, in this moment, one of the more representative people?
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thunk
Noun
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The oversize headwear shaded her face, shielding her dark brows over her taupe smoky eye, lightly blushed cheeks and the pop of pink on her lips.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
15 June 2026
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Citizens become commodities; technology increases the power of an already powerful few; pop culture serves up mechanized slop; truth and lies commingle.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
Noun
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The restlessness didn’t arrive as a thunderclap.—
Jasmine Browley,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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And when thunderclaps rattled their chests, the Chinese felt a deity punishing wrongdoers.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Not that any of this matters to Calvin Klein’s current owners, who suddenly find themselves in the middle of a boxer-brief boom.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
10 June 2026
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That experience captures the tension at the heart of the wellness retreat boom.—
Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
Noun
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Deep in Longmont, tucked between bike paths and wide open land, the clang of metal on metal echoes at almost any hour.—
Colin McIntyre,
CBS News,
26 Nov. 2025
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Like the clang of bells, the sound bypassed my ears and punched the air from my lungs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The singer paired the look with strappy black high-heel shoes, multiple rings and dangling earrings, choosing to wear her hair in a low bun with a few pieces left out, and blunt bangs.—
Lori A Bashian,
FOXNews.com,
14 June 2026
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The second quarter started with a bang, with BC High tying it back up at three right off the faceoff.—
Erik Anderson,
Boston Herald,
10 June 2026
Noun
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TreVeyon Henderson covered 12 yards on a wham run, then 18 more on a misdirection toss where fullback Jack Westover and right guard Mike Onwenu presented false keys that indicated an inside run while Henderson zipped outside.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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There’s an understood language of action that marries really close-up, sharp inserts, the propulsion of rapid editing, wham-bam sound effects, and visual carnage to create excitement.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Let’s do a slow clap for the first five-star episode of the season!—
Ile-Ife Okantah,
Vulture,
8 June 2026
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Eli, with her co-producers Jason Vance Harris and Mike Wise, are clearly students of ’90s and ’00s R&B-pop, which means sharp new jack swing clap-snares, sparkling DX7 keyboards, and virtuosic vocal runs.—
Hannah Jocelyn,
Pitchfork,
28 May 2026
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Think of it as going from a clap of thunder to the slam of a car door.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
16 June 2026
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The Cubs added another single and walk to load the bases before Suzuki lined a sinker down the left-field line for his 10th homer of the season and first slam since September of last season.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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“Thunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thunk. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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