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A 2011 "Subway" commercial (With Grown-Ups sounding like kids) involves two firefighters playing Rock-Paper-Scissors to see who gets a coworker's sandwich; but by the time they complete their best-two-out-of-three, he's already polished it off and merely hands over the empty wrapper.
Source: Rock-Paper-Scissors -
Any of the many times she hits her head or is hit in the head by something the audience hears a loud, suspiciously empty sounding *thunk*.
Source: Film / Home Alone -
They then released a deluxe edition with a new song "Empty" and two more Dubstep remixes.Their sound combines elements of Korn's unique sound with heavier, somewhat Metalcore sounding elements (Brian's Metal Scream among them) and some Dubstep/electronic sounds and effects.
Source: Music / Love and Death
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Sounding and Empty. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/empty/sounding
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Sounding or Empty. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/empty/sounding.
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