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"The smallest things will immediately zap your energy," she added.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

"I definitely think it could kind of zap you pretty quick with how hot it could get," she said.

From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026

Electro Optic Systems of Australia, which builds ultraprecise lasers to track satellites in space, is now rolling out high-powered units to zap drones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2025

It can lead to side effects such as a symptom called "brain zap" in which patients feel sudden shocks in their head.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2025

People cut down the trees and put up electric poles that zap them.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

It finds the misfiring heart tissue and zaps the electrical nodes causing an irregular heartbeat.

From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026

One unusual symptom is ear zaps, or the sensation of an electrical zap behind one’s ear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025

With bright, unexpected flavor, it zaps hunger and buys time to get dinner on the table.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2025

Over the zaps of workers’ welding and beeps of a forklift, Cover representatives answered questions about the homes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025

The laser zaps and breaks up rocks, and my system is then able to study the composition of the dust.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

When the system spots potentially deadly lice, they are zapped by a laser.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

The prevalence of dating apps and our ability to follow someone else’s every move on social media have zapped the honeymoon period’s lifespan.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

The original “Jackass” crew are now in their 50s, long past the point when being shot out of cannons and zapped with tasers seems like a sensible career plan.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

Domestic deflation, which reduces the value of goods in the economy, and a weak yuan have zapped the relative size of China’s economy as measured in dollar terms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

Getting zapped by a Stun Stick blast or chickening out in front of everybody?

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

The constant flux of TikTok clips, Instagram reels and YouTube shorts running through our social-media feeds isn’t only zapping our attention spans, it’s altering how we perceive time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

"When a satellite crosses what we observe, it makes a bright streak on our image, zapping whatever is behind it," said ESO astronomer Olivier Hainaut, who led the study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

Her zapping turns her entire head of hair — not just a streak — shocking white à la Jean Harlow, and leaves an oddly-appealing black blotch on her cheek.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026

After grinding and zapping the dust with lasers, Prof Anand's team hope to answer fundamental questions about how the Moon formed and about the early years of planet Earth.

From BBC ● May 8, 2025

Mom clicks the button again, and it goes back to black with a gentle zapping sound.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day