On energy, Germany has been sharply criticized within Europe for its unilateral decision to cushion the blow of higher energy prices to its own citizens and companies to the tune of €200 billion, which Mr. Scholz has called “a double ka-boom,” on top of €95 billion already provided.

Ian Eagle, the ace Nets broadcaster working playoff games for TNT, had seen enough by Game 5 of the Clippers’ series against Utah to excitedly trumpet a corner 3-pointer from Jackson thusly: “Ka-boom! Reggie Jackson has been Mr. June.”

The spring plankton bloom went off just a few weeks ago, in a ka-boom of nutrition.

“All of a sudden you heard ka-boom, ka-boom, and one of the lines snapped,” recalls Snell, who ran outside to find a tree had done the damage a short distance down the road where he lives.

Even his tone and language has marked a departure for the usually reserved and technical Scholz, who pledged to use a “bazooka” to help struggling companies and get Europe’s largest economy out of the crisis “with a ka-boom”.