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bombshell

[bom-shel] / ˈbɒmˌʃɛl /










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Beach waves, bombshell, Targaryen-inspired twists, luscious locks and a tousled bob.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

In bombshell interviews and tell-all documentaries, the American former actor has never hidden how difficult she found things following her 2018 fairytale wedding to Harry.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

On stage, she gracefully offset the blond bombshell image she both cultivated and poked fun at.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

The bombshell announcement was full of scary, highly technical terms: "a swarm of sandboxes", "agentic attacker", and "self-migrating command and control".

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Whereas to me it was a bombshell, exploding in a thousand fragments.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

However, it was soon revealed they were not actually going home, and were sent on dates with two new bombshells instead.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Peacock announced last week that Montgomery was among the bombshells entering the villa in Fiji for the latest season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2026

Two aspects of the 28-point peace plan, in particular, landed like bombshells in Europe’s defense and foreign-policy establishment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025

And she thought she had narrowly escaped the bombshells in recent days.

From BBC ● May 29, 2025

But the paper presented these allegations as scandalous bombshells, call-ing them “startling disclosures.”

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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