Helms thunders as if you've asked him whether he's ever tried on a Union Army uniform.

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They have little time to ponder before a freight train of business thunders into Capitol Hill.

ECONOMIST: Lexington

"They put profits well ahead of consumers, " thunders PUC Chairman Ron L. Eachus.

FORBES: Hurry Up And Wait

In the perfect absence of thundering house music, the call of a lone, coarse-throated bird thunders like a foghorn.

WSJ: The Philippines's Strange Paradise

As the capsule thunders downwards, it ejects ballast blocks to move its centre of gravity and tilt its angle of attack.

BBC: Mars Curiosity rover success depends on 'crazy' landing

In Tehran, the minister of labour thunders that undocumented Afghans have taken a million Iranian jobs, and fines are being levied on firms employing them.

ECONOMIST: Iran

Beautiful Lumangwe, a wide wall of water that thunders into the Kalungwishi River filling the air with fine mist, looks like Victoria Falls in miniature.

BBC: Escaping modern life in Zambia��s north

They were named after the British Queen in 1855 by Scottish explorer David Livingstone, but their local name of "Mosi-oa-Tunya" -- meaning "the smoke that thunders"-- is far more descriptive.

CNN: Victoria Falls ... without the bungee jumping

Top of the list should be the twin attractions of Gullfoss, a double cascade that thunders down a narrow ravine, and Geysir, the original hot-water spout after which all others are named.

BBC: Five family-friendly adventures

If the Smokies are where country music bubbles up, then Nashville, 200 miles to the west along highway I-40, is where it comes roaring down the valley and thunders over the cliff.

BBC: America��s country music heartland