bolt
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Determining the total energy of a lightning bolt is complicated, said co-author Ivana Kolmašová, a space physicist at Charles University in Prague, Czechia, and a member of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
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
It's hard to envisage a lightning bolt at this stage.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Pulsed power stores energy in large capacitors and releases it in a burst, producing extremely high power for a brief moment, like a controlled lightning bolt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
I’m thinking we’ll probably have to bolt when the door opens, but we both just stand still.
From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist
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