bolt

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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

One of the most famous is Pikachu - a mouse-like species with a tail shaped like a lightning bolt that can blast powerful electric charges.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

But it isn’t a bolt out of the blue.

From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025

Slamming 1,250 hp to the ground in an electromechanically coupled instant, the ZR1X can bolt to 60 mph in under 2 seconds on its way to a ¼-mile under 9 seconds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

And I haven’t even mentioned yet that I had earned a second bolt with my quick thinking at the inn.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri