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thunderbolt

[thuhn-der-bohlt] / ˈθʌn dərˌboʊlt /
NOUN
bolt
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Cameroon also fell behind, against Mozambique in Agadir, but a thunderbolt from Christian Kofane delivered a 2-1 victory.

From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025

The attack fell like a thunderbolt on the country’s tightly knit Jewish community.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025

For me, it was a thunderbolt of thrill followed by pure abject terror that we might disappoint or “not have something good for her.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2024

The higher-for-longer inflation predicament has hit the U.S. housing market like a thunderbolt.

From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2024

As soon as the men left the island a thunderbolt shattered the ship.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

"It was like 30 or 40 thunderbolts falling from the sky," said Ahnaf Bin Hasan, an 18-year-old student whose voice still trembled two days after the crash.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025

Some of them resemble branching snowflakes, thunderbolts or neurons, whispering the unique expression of the artist's vision.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 3, 2024

Raining basketballs, strobe lights, rotating school hallways, CGI thunderbolts?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2023

"I think Diana ... will be hurling thunderbolts on coronation day, that's for sure," royal author Tina Brown told Reuters.

From Reuters ● May 6, 2023

The angels rode flying white horses and slashed swords and threw thunderbolts.

From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech




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