bombshell
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The Dodgers acquired Skubal in an abundantly predictable bombshell trade with the Detroit Tigers in exchange for a trio of prospects, wanting to test the idiom that a ballclub can never have enough pitching.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
It wasn’t a surprise, but it was a bombshell.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
WASHINGTON—Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was planning to head to Brussels last month to deliver what would be a bombshell announcement in a meeting with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s top military chiefs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
It seems “Love Island USA” producers pulled one bombshell aside for a chat, one that has led to her firing from the hit reality dating series.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
AS IF SHE DIDN’T just drop a bombshell on us, Ama turns and whisks out of the office, closing the door behind her.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
The calming locales both complement and contradict the plot’s revelations, which are hardly bombshells but do speak to how well-to-do families labor to shove inconvenient skeletons into the closet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Producers were keen to capitalise on that for the latest All Stars, which saw six American bombshells enter in their own Casa Amor villa halfway through.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
Those two bombshells came on top of what was already shaping up to be a frustrating offseason for Mets fans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
And she thought she had narrowly escaped the bombshells in recent days.
From BBC ● May 29, 2025
But the paper presented these allegations as scandalous bombshells, call-ing them “startling disclosures.”
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
