zap
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Top players spoke of temperatures that "zap you" and used bags of ice to try and cool down in brutal heat touching 40C at the Australian Open on Saturday.
From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026
Ford said Thursday that it expects tariffs to zap $1 billion from its bottom line in 2025, down from the $2 billion hit it projected in July.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
This isn't a supernatural being that craves blood; energy-vampires refer to friends who seem to zap your energy when you spend time with them.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2025
It can lead to side effects such as a symptom called "brain zap" in which patients feel sudden shocks in their head.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2025
I thought she was going to zap me out of the Mercedes, but she just sighed.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
It finds the misfiring heart tissue and zaps the electrical nodes causing an irregular heartbeat.
From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026
One unusual symptom is ear zaps, or the sensation of an electrical zap behind one’s ear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
Over the zaps of workers’ welding and beeps of a forklift, Cover representatives answered questions about the homes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2025
They share tips like prioritizing deadlines, taking on short-term anchor jobs, and ensuring you don’t give all your time to work that zaps your energy.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2024
The laser zaps and breaks up rocks, and my system is then able to study the composition of the dust.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
The prevalence of dating apps and our ability to follow someone else’s every move on social media have zapped the honeymoon period’s lifespan.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
There are stories of teams that zapped their footballs in the microwave.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
Vector officials in L.A. and San Bernardino counties said residents are asking them when they can bring a batch of zapped males to their neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2025
If you thought that meant the cast of “Veep” would do the honors for the top comedy award, Annie Murphy’s appearance alongside the Levys quickly zapped that idea.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2024
Well, the birds don V like it either Here is a drawing of how to change the wires on a transformer so eagles, owls, hawks, vultures, even blue jays don V get zapped.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
"When a satellite crosses what we observe, it makes a bright streak on our image, zapping whatever is behind it," said ESO astronomer Olivier Hainaut, who led the study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
After grinding and zapping the dust with lasers, Prof Anand's team hope to answer fundamental questions about how the Moon formed and about the early years of planet Earth.
From BBC ● May 8, 2025
He needs body parts and she can help get those for him, zapping him further back to life with the electrifying tanning bed in her garage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2024
With a flash of white light and a zapping sound, the comforting comedy of that milieu vanishes, as does Jonah.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
I deleted anything that violated the community rules, but thanks to school and sleep, I wasn’t zapping them as they posted.
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
