lightning bolt
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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
It's hard to envisage a lightning bolt at this stage.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
Pulsed power stores energy in large capacitors and releases it in a burst, producing extremely high power for a brief moment, like a controlled lightning bolt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
On second glance, the lightning bolt of white fur running up his snout to the top of his head was turned the wrong way.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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