In Raleigh, the telltale sound -- thwap, giggle, thwap, giggle -- filled the air as a "flash mob" of close to 200 people descended on Moore Square, where they smashed and bashed each other for an hour in celebration of World Pillow Fight Day.— NewsObserver.com - Home
Fans in Australia greeted by the anticipatory "thwap" of tennis balls launched by the world's most skilled players also have been subjected to the sounds of rival fans brawling and clouds of noxious capsicum spray.— The Online News Page
Grunge-tattoo'd drummer Dave King was a mixed-meter demon, a master of precise, daunting rolls of clang and thwap with hard-rock muscle.— Boston Phoenix - thePhoenix.com
Because if it we did, then what we would have witnessed last week was this: Steve Jobs, The Earl of Apples, pulling off his white gloves, one finger at a time, and then - thwap, thwap - taking said white gloves and slapping Nintendo and Sony upside their heads.— msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines

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