bolt
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Over the next few months, workers at APL will bolt on eight three-bladed rotors that will allow Dragonfly to fly several miles at a hop above the alien surface.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Fireworks are also traumatizing for pets, particularly dogs, which tremble and even bolt from their homes in fear.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 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
Brazil's Vinicius Jr fires home a "lightning bolt" of a strike to level up the scores in against Morocco in their Group C match in the 2026 World Cup.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Nhamo thought for an instant the creature had been struck by another bolt of lightning.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Wartsila also recommended tightening bolts and locking them in place with superglue to improve reliability, particularly involving air leakages, failed silencers and solenoid coils becoming loose.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 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
On a nuts and bolts level, it’s all screwed together tight, even the pieces that stick out at weird angles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026
One shop sold strange bolts of silk whose patterns looked like spun moonbeams and ribbons of rushing water.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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