jolt

The club gets a jolt when a man named Nick Silver approaches Elizabeth.

A powerful 6.9-magnitude aftershock jolted quake-hit southern Philippines late Friday, triggering a fresh tsunami alert just hours after an earlier warning was lifted, authorities said.

Dr Bacolcol called on Filipinos to "accept our reality" that "every now and then we will be jolted by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis".

Digging through the laundry for a jersey, once a dreaded weekend morning chore, gave me a comforting jolt of familiarity.

For those not chronically online, however, this past week’s tempest over Wikipedia can be jolting—especially given the site’s objective to remain trustworthy.