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
The main flaw in the plan—the ends of the bolt stuck out—was audaciously overcome by putting the Bible under a very large, overflowing dish of macaroni with butter and cheese.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
But it isn’t a bolt out of the blue.
From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025
Nhamo thought for an instant the creature had been struck by another bolt of lightning.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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