like lightning
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Kaczmarek beamed as she talked about getting back together with her former co-stars: “I always thought that show was like lightning in a bottle. ‘Malcolm’ was a mega-hit and a dream come true.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
Those remarkable dressings displayed here reveal dynamic, shorthand ink vignettes—energetic hieroglyphs and vibrating, wiry stick figures whose spells discharge like lightning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
"I was having severe facial pain. It felt like lightning going through my face," she said.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
Musk pushed back, saying on X that “SpaceX is moving like lightning compared to the rest of the space industry.”
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2026
But I wasn’t convinced enlightenment struck like lightning.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
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