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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

In a sense, the whole story of “Waitress” feels like lightning in a bottle.

From Seattle Times Dec. 6, 2023

And it’s like lightning passes through HARRY’s body.

From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling




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