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clanked

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past tense of clank

as in clinked

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Miriam pulled one tooth, then another from her mouth, and clinked them into a porcelain dish on her nightstand.

— Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026
In the next shot, the couple clinked wine glasses as Gomez took a bite of cheese, before Blanco filmed marinara sauce being laid in a pan.

— Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

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But the moment that may have sealed Argentina’s fate came in the final minutes of second-half stoppage time when Enzo Fernández clattered into Spanish center back Pau Cubarsí at midfield, flipping him head over heels.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
Days or weeks passed, but then the dog barked, the mail carrier tramped onto the porch, the mailbox clattered.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026

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Sticks clacked in quick succession as passes moved up the ice.

— Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
On the other side of a chain link fence, a women’s pickleball foursome click-clacked through a couple of sets, seemingly clueless about the identity of the two young men readying themselves for the start of the 2026 season.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2026

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Ten seconds after the hallway latch clicked shut, the front door opened, and a man with a rifle walked in.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 7 Aug. 2026
As mentioned above, in scooter mode, the pedals rest on a small bit of metal that can extend from the frame or be clicked into the scooter’s body and held out of the way.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of clicked

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At his news conference last week, Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh rattled markets by being unnecessarily opaque.

— Anil Kashyap, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2026
The skies of Oklahoma City roared for six months in 1964 as military aircraft intentionally rattled the population below with a daily barrage of thunderous sonic booms.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026

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