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  • The 2006 deal was seen as a way for BlackRock to grow in stature, expanding its reach into stock-market mutual funds, which it acquired from Merrill Lynch, while also getting widespread distribution of its funds by what was known as the Thundering Herd of Merrill brokers.

    BlackRock to Buy Out BofA's Stake David Benoit 2011

  • The name Thundering or Lightning also occurs on an inscription of the reign of Trajan, which was found at Trieste.

    M. Aurelius Antoninus, by George Long, M. A 1909

  • Her departure was surprising to many of the rank-and-file Merrill Lynch brokers, often called the Thundering Herd.

    BofA to Brokers: No Change Brett Philbin 2011

  • These huge islands, named Hallelujah Mountains by Earth's explorers, are called Thundering Rocks by the Pandorans, who hold them sacred.

    The Buzz: Filmmakers React to Avatar | /Film 2009

  • Talk about your opposites attracting, what with the North Carolina commercial bank's Southern charm meeting the Merrill Lynch investment bank's sharp elbows and a 17,000-strong brokerage force known as the Thundering Herd.

    Rising Tide 2009

  • Scaliger also had observed that the legion was called Thundering ([Greek], or [Greek]) before the reign of Antoninus.

    M. Aurelius Antoninus, by George Long, M. A 1909

  • ` ` Dion knew, '' he declares, ` ` that there existed a legion called The Thundering Legion, which name was given it for no other reason than for what came to pass in this war, '' and that this legion was composed of soldiers from Militene who were all professed Christians.

    A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume I: The Beginnings of Science 1904

  • Jupiter sent it, and caused his triumphal arch to be carved with figures of soldiers, some praying, others catching rain in their helmets and shields; but the band was ever afterwards called the Thundering Legion.

    The Chosen People A Compendium of Sacred and Church History for School-Children Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • Apology to the Emperor M. Aurelius, who reigned from A.D. 161-180; and as in this work he mentioned the incident of the so-called Thundering

    Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" Joseph Barber Lightfoot 1858

  • Scaliger also had observed that the legion was called Thundering

    Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius 1839

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