lightning
Frequently Asked Questions
- Did you know that thunder is sound waves generated by the expansion of air resulting from the heat produced by lightning?
- Her idea was like lightning for our brainstorming session—it electrified us into a creative frenzy.
- The cat darted across the room as fast as lightning.
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First, it’s an old-fashioned love story with a fantastical twist: Lively’s character dies in a car crash but is revived when she’s struck by lightning, only to stop aging forever.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
That’s about 1 in 820,000 folks allegedly registering or voting illegally, a rate that roughly matches how often people in the United States get struck by lightning in a given year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
Although the Amazon is experiencing a severe fire emergency, lightning is rarely responsible for igniting fires in Brazil's rainforest.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
Bagayoko, 53, has repeatedly stepped into the front lines of the student protests that have swept French schools this month, becoming a hero of the movement and a lightning rod for its critics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Or had lightning strikes started other, smaller wildfires on this side of the ridge too?
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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Or really, lightninged out by area storms after only three holes.
From Golf Digest ● Aug. 9, 2019
Having thus lightninged and thundered, Architect Warren ended his declaration with a statement mild as milk.
From Time Magazine Archive
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That night it thundered and lightninged, and Antha nearly went into hysterics.
From The Campfire Girls on Ellen's Isle The Trail of the Seven Cedars by Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude) Frey
When it thundered and lightninged that old hoss started to dance—thought twas a battle.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
It thundered and lightninged incessantly, so that his ears rang and his eyes were blinded.
From The Chinese Fairy Book by Richard Wilhelm
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