jolting

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His bold declarations are part of his negotiating strategy, administration officials said, aimed at jolting negotiators into action and ratcheting up pressure on Iran to agree to a final deal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The outage at QatarEnergy, the world’s largest LNG exporter, has in turn knocked offline the No. 1 global supplier of helium, while blunting regional fertilizer exports and jolting aluminum production.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Many, though, are hidden under seats or couches, as the audio will trail the actors around the room, or perhaps a sudden crash or door opening will have me jolting my attention elsewhere.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 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

My eyelids are slowly shutting when an alarm blares over the speaker, jolting me awake.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott