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And this is what you call a thumping, 65 percent to 28 percent.

CNN Transcript May 13, 2008 2008

It wasn't until after the president felt what he called the thumping of the midterm election defeats that he announced he had changed his mind.

CNN Transcript Dec 31, 2006 2006

But that was before the president's party got what he called a thumping in the midterm elections, losing their majority in the House, and possibly the Senate.

CNN Transcript Nov 8, 2006 2006

And that's right, this is the president's first test on the international stage since his party received what he called a thumping in last week's midterm elections.

CNN Transcript Nov 16, 2006 2006

It wasn't until after the president felt what he called the thumping of the midterm election defeats that he announced he had changed his mind.

CNN Transcript Dec 28, 2006 2006

It wasn't until after the president felt what he called the thumping of the midterm election defeats that he announced he had changed his mind.

CNN Transcript Dec 21, 2006 2006

There is fome - thing very remarkable in what we call their thumping, which they do with their wings, by clapping theni againft their fides, as the hunters fay.

Essays Upon Natural History, and Other Miscellaneous Subjects, 1770

At two o'clock the music and voices and thumping from the other room stopped, and I thought it was high time to go home, but when I went out there, trailing the blanket behind me, I found them all passed out: Louise face down on the Twister mat, a snoring Ted mountain near the fireplace, my parents spooning together in a corner like Pompeii people.

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Nelson's current chest thumping is his subcommittee being a pain in the ...

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So when he stepped out on stage, with U2's "City of Blinding Lights" thumping from the loudspeakers, Obama joined hands with Reid.

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