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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
Meantime the post-Nvidia-earnings collective rethink of the trajectory, profitability and durability of the AI-capex boom has Nvidia shares testing two-month support and Microsoft and Meta Platforms undergoing 8%-plus corrections from their recent highs.
Princess Kate has experimented with short layers, sunny highlights, curtain bangs and even anonymously donated seven inches of hair to the Little Princess Trust charity in 2017.
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Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
As for Gladys’s signature micro bangs, Wheat says those came about during the testing process, when the team was playing around with where to pin the wig.
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.
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Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
16 Aug. 2025
Easy drinking 100% Merlot with 14% alcohol with flavors that include dark licorice, cinnamon and nutmeg and a wham of a finish.
There haven’t really been any slam-dunk breakouts from the Lido like festivals past – there’s been a bit too much ‘mid’, as the kids might say.
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Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
Getty Images As the 2025 Premier League summer transfer window slams shut, all the headlines will about Liverpool breaking the British transfer record to sign Alexander Isak from Newcastle United.
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