bolt
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Another bolt from the blue: singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The paddle was meant to be secured with four bolts, but only one bolt was used.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
December 28: Boeing urges airlines to undertake inspections after an international operator discovered a bolt with a missing nut while performing routine maintenance.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
Whether the form has legs, wheels or a tower, it still needs actuators, sensors, edge compute, safety systems and someone to bolt it into a line.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
“That’s next to Miss Mae, right?” asks one of the other kids—a Black boy with a lightning bolt design shaved onto his fade haircut.
From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks
An island paradise has become a logistics hub for shipping microchips, optical instruments and aerospace rivets and bolts to Russia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Workers will install 350 bolts for containment booms in the east of the gulf.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Chinese nuts and bolts quicker than Usain Bolt.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
The paddle was meant to be secured with four bolts, but only one bolt was used.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
The scent brought me back to my childhood, visiting trade fairs and markets with my father as he pored over bolts of linen, wool, and leather.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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