jolt

It’s a spectacle akin to Nascar on the water, with a jolt of monster truck energy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

"Patients also fled the hospital, the jolt was big. I saw some walls were cracked," Lotar, a hospital customer service official told AFP.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

Anchors at Oakland’s KTVU-TV Channel 2 news station said they felt a jolt while on air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

But Ogata has "never experienced this big of a jolt".

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Every year, it woke Clare from sleep, a jolt of energy that tore through the forest and left him briefly gasping for air.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

"All I could do was hold the chair I was sitting in as big jolts came one after another," she added, appearing to still be in shock.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

From the Greek philosopher Archimedes shouting “eureka” in his bathtub to the German psychologist Karl Bühler defining the concept of an “Aha!” moment two centuries later, sudden jolts of realization can hit rather quickly.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

Battery-storage systems are seen as a key piece of the energy puzzle as demand from artificial intelligence jolts the power business.

From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026

It jolts me into remembering how much I love the printed page.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2026

Caleb’s expression is placid as the bus sways and jolts on the road.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

On the first day, Beijing-based Moonshot AI jolted global markets with a new model seen as ranking with the world’s best.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Hundreds of aftershocks have jolted southern Philippines after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake left dozens of people dead and hundreds more injured.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

OTTAWA—Canada’s job market jolted back to life last month with a surge in hiring that pulled the unemployment rate to its lowest since the start of the year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Buffalo-based Benz was jolted from her couch by a call from an unknown number.

From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026

Candice jolted up, kicking the throw pillow to the floor.

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

I’d run my fingers across the convex pyramid textures in the same way other people lay under a weighted blanket or ate sour candy, jolting my subconscious back into the here and now.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Stocks tumbled last month as the conflict in the Middle East escalated, threatening to raise fuel costs worldwide and jolting global energy markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Women ride past on donkey carts, piled high with vegetables, jolting over potholes deep enough to trap a wheel.

From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026

Downhill ski racers are not running backs or point guards, however, and don’t make those same jolting lateral moves and therefore, experts say, are better able to compensate for a torn ACL.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2026

I felt a little like I did back then, my face hot and itchy, my palms moist with sweat, and my heart knocking against my ribs in a nervous, jolting tempo.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros