bolt
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Images of Mamdani's kurta - a traditional loose-fitting tunic - based on Arsenal's 2025-26 navy and red lightning bolt away shirt, went viral.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
Determining the total energy of a lightning bolt is complicated, said co-author Ivana Kolmašová, a space physicist at Charles University in Prague, Czechia, and a member of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
That “better” isn’t a lightning bolt so much as a slow accumulation — small, incremental shifts that bring something closer, then closer still.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026
And until Lowry’s bolt from the blue on Saturday, there had been only three holes-in-one over the past half-century at No. 6, a hole named Juniper that has been playing over par for the week.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
He seemed like some kind of animal ready to bolt up and out of there at any second.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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