bolt
Example Sentences
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That “better” isn’t a lightning bolt so much as a slow accumulation — small, incremental shifts that bring something closer, then closer still.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026
So you can understand, if not necessarily agree with, their reluctance to drop out and call it a day, in the hope that, just maybe, that proverbial bolt of lightning will strike.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
It's hard to envisage a lightning bolt at this stage.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 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
Suddenly it clicked like a bolt in a lock.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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