whang

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Noun
  • Boys lacrosse In a wild Div. 4 round of 16 clash, host Littleton received a goal from Zach Milner with five seconds remaining to list the Tigers to a thrilling 13-12 victory over host Lynnfield.
    Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 6 June 2025
  • This clash has had tangible repercussions: Tesla’s stock experienced a significant drop, erasing over $150 billion in market value, while Trump Media saw a decline of approximately $500 million.
    Brent Gleeson, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Sonic booms have become a source of consternation for Southern Californians living near Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, where officials with SpaceX and the U.S. Space Force have acknowledged that their rocket launches and landings are causing the regular rattles.
    Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
  • Shaking and rolling helps develop hand-eye coordination and promotes dexterity, and one parent tester appreciated the wooden rattle’s ability to foster independent play for her baby.
    Pamela Brill, Parents, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • The Cardinals have enough right-handed thump (especially with Herrera) to utilize Burleson at his strength.
    Katie Woo, New York Times, 30 May 2025
  • Literal flames surrounded the glow, both repelling and drawing you in more, followed by two loud, disorienting thumps.
    Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Alderman in a Las Vegas casino deal, and argues that he was engaged in a Hollywood jewelry-heist ring.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
  • The writer-director finds a playful entry point by starting not in Manhattan but in a majestic rocky landscape where the only signs of life are a hot caveman returning from foraging and placing a makeshift ring on the finger of the woman waiting for him.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • As church bells clang, worshippers fill the sanctuary of San Lorenzo.
    Erika Page, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Squeezing into the narrow confines, the clang of the metal doors closing and the nearness of their neighbors can be unsettling, if not downright dangerous.
    Dana O'Neil, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • In the old hall, the orchestra was constricted by a low-ceilinged box that sent reflections pinging around the musicians, assaulting them with their own clangor.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 11 Oct. 2021
  • The clangor of the factory bell on the mill’s roof sends a bird into flight, signaling the start of another 10- to 12-hour workday for all four women.
    Helen A. Cooper, WSJ, 10 June 2022
Noun
  • Butler missed nine of his 13 shots, struggling in the hostile environment that cheered each clank.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
  • But the Warriors responded by missing 15 of their first 16 shots — including 10 clanks from 3 — with three turnovers.
    Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • The low hum of jazz drifts through the air, mingling with warm lighting and the quiet clink of glasses.
    Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
  • In the coastal towns, surfers line the golden sand beaches and tuk-tuks zip along twisting roads, their horns blending with the rhythmic clink of fishmongers’ knives and the sizzle of hoppers frying in street stalls.
    Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Whang.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whang. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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