jolt
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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
And that thought brought me back to Edward, with a jolt.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
The archipelago, home to around 125 million people, typically experiences hundreds of jolts every year and accounts for about 18 percent of the world's earthquakes.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Riders and drivers took increasingly elaborate swerves to avoid the wince-inducing jolts of a full-on pothole clunk.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 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 really hits people in the heart and the guts, and jolts people, and I think that’s a good thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
The word home jolts me like a speed bump.
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
We heard from finance professionals, doctors, lawyers and many others who have been jolted or taken in by tricksters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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
From a reality TV antagonist to a contender in the L.A. mayoral race, Spencer Pratt has jolted local politics, turning personal tragedy in the Palisades fire into a 2026 election campaign.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
As I swept my pitch to throw the hay slop into the barn, lightning spooked the horses, and they jolted the wagon.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
Then there was the time her pit bull terrier, Thor, barked at a cat outside, jolting the feline skyward.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
But while Space Mountain tops off at about 32 mph, it likely still has Galacticoaster beat in the intensity factor due to its lift hill, sudden dips, jolting turns and near pitch-black darkness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
This spiritual sequel to “Frankenstein” is a romantic tale of obsession, possession and fantasy — adjectives that also apply to its filmmaker, Maggie Gyllenhaal, who expends massive quantities of energy jolting it to life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 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
I looked up just in time to see the Volkswagen slam on its brakes right in front of us, jolting to a stop and sending another blinding glare of sunlight our way.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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