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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
Amid the cottagecore boom of the pandemic—as well as Gelman’s general start-up savvy—the store became a thing.
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Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
25 June 2025
The artificial intelligence boom is driving accelerated demand for cloud computing services, with enterprises turning to AWS to leverage AI capabilities quickly.
Add to that the whir of appliances, the hum of HVAC systems, the clang of gym equipment, and the sirens of emergency vehicles, and the average auditory load becomes substantial.
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Bill Schiffmiller,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
The constant clang of metal and the screech of drills suggest the sort of work underway at a warehouse-turned-workshop in this Ukrainian city about 300 kilometers (180 miles) east of Kyiv.
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Dominique Soguel,
Christian Science Monitor,
17 June 2025
Sabrina Carpenter rarely strays from her signature look, which is arguably long, super-voluminous hair at various levels of curl, curtain bangs, full brows, and brownish-pink lips.
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Marci Robin,
Allure,
27 June 2025
Santi then calls his next shot — a shed 320 yards away — bang.
One server then holds the flower over the dessert as another claps their hands around it, smashing the rose and covering the dessert (and table) with pieces of the petals.
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Adam Morganstern,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
President Donald Trump, left, claps as Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk prepares to depart after a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show on October 5, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Plus, the doors have a magnetic closure to prevent any startling slams.
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Jacqueline Tempera,
People.com,
22 June 2025
Jarren Duran’s leadoff shot, Mayer’s two homers and a go-ahead solo slam over the Green Monster from Abraham Toro in the fifth helped the Red Sox to a 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays.
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