| Drops of water the size of a baby's fist come splattering down with the rat-tat-tat of hailstones in their wake. |
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| They sat there in complete silence, save for the consistent rat-tat-tat of Gabe's leg knocking over and over against the hard metal of the chair. |
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| Swing is about the dancing, the music, the spirit of lower-class youth, the rat-tat-tat of a song you just can't get out of your head. |
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| In the rat-tat-tat of nightly machine-gun fire, people are beginning to hear the government's death knell. |
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| Navy artillery, the drone of aircraft, the rat-tat-tat of machine guns, fire, smoke, panic... What was happening? |
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| In-depth analysis gets mowed down by the rat-tat-tat of one-liners. |
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| At other times, the rat-tat-tat rhythm gave way to awkwardly long lags. |
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| The household was roused this morning by a rat-tat-tat on the door. |
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| Out in all weather, bringing a friendly rat-tat-tat to many an isolated cottage door, sharing a bit of news, taking a message to a doctor or priest if someone was in trouble. |
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