ka-boom

When I hear the second big ka-boom I grab my sweater, passport, and Puline.

The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011

And then: ka-boom, a poor Tunisian street vendor reached the limits of his endurance, set himself on fire, and the new North African and Middle Eastern liberation struggles -- today referred to as the Arab Spring -- were underway.

Laura Paull: From Arab Spring to America Today, Social Media Enables Witness-Reporters Laura Paull 2011

And then: ka-boom, a poor Tunisian street vendor reached the limits of his endurance, set himself on fire, and the new North African and Middle Eastern liberation struggles -- today referred to as the Arab Spring -- were underway.

Laura Paull: From Arab Spring to America Today, Social Media Enables Witness-Reporters Laura Paull 2011

When I hear the second big ka-boom I grab my sweater, passport, and Puline.

The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011

And the dang engines are running and don't go ka-boom until some putz runs in front of it.

Tuesday TED: J. J. Abrams 2009

Then, Mosul, the oil-rich northern city contested by Arabs and Kurds, went ka-boom.

The Invasion Of Iraq Robert Crisman 2010

He met my eyes and made a motion with his hands that said: ka-boom.

The Faculty Club Danny Tobey 2010

Joe figures ends with a graphic ka-boom after Marie, the good-hearted child of the family, comes to the rescue and turns the brave, toothy Nutcracker into the comely prince he actually is, as well as Drosselmeier's nephew.

A Suite That Cracks the Tchaikovsky Code Robert Greskovic 2010

Their dicks are hard, their pants are dry, and ka-boom, imagine the surprise when the next world turns out to be a blind walk through eternal blackness, if even that.

Dead Zero Stephen Hunter 2010

And ka-boom, the resulting movement was impalpable and unstoppable.

David Helfenbein: Generation Y, President Obama, Changing the World, & Smthg we all Have 2 Face: Getting Older 2010