But dark clouds coming in from the sea and the crackle of distant thunder forced a postponement.
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Either that's distant thunder or our tummies are rumbling.
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It's a bleakly beautiful film, full of angry skies and distant thunder.
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But even there the distant thunder from far-off lands demanded his attention.
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He gesticulates, sadly not quite in time with the distant thunder.
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