bombshell

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The National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the organization for regulators from every U.S. state, in 2024 published a bombshell study revealing that the ratings on insurers’ private-credit investments were routinely inflated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

And when the next bombshell research report drops, ask yourself: Do I own the companies in the obituary section or the companies writing the eulogy?

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

During questioning by a Senate committee in 1973, Butterfield made the bombshell disclosure that then-President Richard Nixon had a recording system in the Oval Office.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

At City Hall, Raman’s entrance into the mayor’s race is a bombshell, particularly given her relationship with Bass.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

“Oh yes, Professorhead,” said Peeves, with the air of one cradling a large bombshell in his arms.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling