clinkety-clank

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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
  • Amid the tinkle of glassware and clang of cutlery, Saru Jayaraman, an L.A. attorney and president of One Fair Wage, a national coalition pushing to raise wages in the service sector, emphasized the urgency of addressing a steep increase in the cost of living.
    Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
  • Now, new research suggests urination may function in a similar way: Captive chimpanzees that saw their peers peeing were more likely to take a tinkle themselves.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Jan. 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
Noun
  • Those Brian Wilson compositions all sounded like insanely catchy jingles for the California teenage lifestyle–surfboards, hamburger stands, pep rallies–but on the flip side of the good times was a real sense of melancholy.
    Gavin Edwards, Rolling Stone, 11 June 2025
  • Swims will also infuse Kay Jewelers’ iconic jingle with his own energy and vocals.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Orange, grapefruit, or pineapple juice can provide a similar tang, but with a bit more sweetness.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 24 May 2025
  • The new residents include clownfish, cownose stingrays and unicorn tangs, LEGOLAND Florida said in a news release.
    USA TODAY Network Staff, USA Today, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Ripley and Bliss were among the final two to climb the ladder, but Naomi came into the ring and disrupted their momentum.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 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
  • In the face of this workaday jangle of strangeness and complexity, paranoia starts to seem like a perfectly rational response.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The key organizer mutes the noise of key jangles and can keep keys in a tidy stack in a user’s preferred order.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Music The power of Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ isn’t its country twang.
    Scarlett Harris, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Her kids songs are like her solo music, sung in a Dolly Parton-esque twang over an acoustic guitar, but include many other instruments.
    Monica Hooper, Arkansas Online, 18 May 2025
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“Clinkety-clank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinkety-clank. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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