bolt from the blue
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Another bolt from the blue: singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Except that Combs is hardly a bolt from the blue, having served on JPMorgan’s board since 2016.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
One can’t say that the change was a bolt from the blue, because Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has telegraphed his intention to revisit the causes of autism for months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
"Then it was like this epiphany - this bolt from the blue - that I didn't have to," she said.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025
Lady Allendale, however, had come as a bolt from the blue, and for once I neglected to shut the shrine.
From Lord John in New York by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
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