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Recent Examples of thump
Noun
But there’s thump, there’s just an understanding of situations, ability to use the whole field. Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025 Alonso slots back into the Mets lineup and fits perfectly behind new teammate Juan Soto, providing exactly the kind of right-handed thump the Mets were lacking. Tim Britton, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
Verb
Of course, utter the phrase ‘pre-tax losses’ in the game today and you’ll soon be thumped over the head with an acronym. Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025 One look at the churning lifts of Aspen Mountain or the intrepid hikers scaling the Maroon Bells confirms that the heartbeat of the old ski town still thumps beneath the glitz. Spencer Elliott, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for thump
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thump
Noun
  • That the episode doesn’t engage with weightier questions around representation and A.I. only makes its bittersweet ending, in which Brandy is gifted another A.I. prototype of Dorothy, land with a thud.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 17 Apr. 2025
  • In the new court filing, phone records show Mortensen tried calling the other four roommates – but got no response – around the time when security camera from a residence close to the home picked up at 4:17 a.m. distorted audio of voices, a whimper, followed by a loud thud, and a barking dog.
    Lauren del Valle, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • That proved a terrible bet for the Ukrainians, since the likelihood of Putin entering peace talks when tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers were occupying a piece of Mother Russia was about as low as the S&P 500 doubling in value after Trump slapped tariffs on everybody.
    Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The conversation between the Beijing administration and the EU chief takes place after Washington last Wednesday slapped China and the EU with reciprocal tariffs of 34% and 20%, respectively.
    Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger,John Melloy,Ruxandra Iordache,Christina Wilkie,Erin Doherty, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The race is being widely viewed as a must-win for Democrats who at the national level are still licking their 2024 election wounds, as well as a potential referendum on Trump and Musk.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Cora appears to enjoy the routine and happily lets the cat lick at the tufts of blonde hair on her head.
    Kelli Bender, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • More price hikes provide a psychological blow that shakes consumer confidence.
    Rohit Arora, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The result is just tit-for-tat subversion and another blow to America’s supposedly nonpartisan system of justice.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The American League East, almost always led in spending by the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox, now has another club knocking at the vault door.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • You could be struck by falling debris or knocked to the ground.
    Maya Wei-Haas, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • All that — that’s what came turning around the corner late Sunday afternoon, striding through a tunnel of fans off Augusta’s 18th green, walking without a shadow despite a shallow sun; arms extended, eyes welling, chest pounding.
    Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Deadly flooding in the South and Midwest The mother of a 9-year-old boy is speaking out after he was swept away and killed by floodwaters in Kentucky during the four days of historic storms that pounded the region.
    Chris Looft, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The entirety of Sinners may take place over the span of only 24 hours, but Ryan Coogler (Creed, Black Panther) sure manages to pack a punch into that timeframe.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Netflix’s earnings beat for Q1 comes amid broader fears of a looming economic downturn that could deliver a punch to consumer spending and ad budgets.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Pennsylvania’s drift to the right was the fourth largest of the seven, smack in the middle.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Still, the Yankees managed to make things interesting in the ninth inning, as Volpe smacked a three-run homer off Arizona lefty A.J. Puk to cut the deficit to one.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2025

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“Thump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thump. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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