bombshell
Example Sentences
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The prosecution dropped the potential bombshell: that Hipolito signed a stipulation saying he knew Crook was a federal officer or employee.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Three days after landing in Tucson, on Friday morning, I drove to the airport as another pop-culture bombshell finally threatened to knock Nancy Guthrie off the front page.
From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026
Alphabet earnings are the headliner for later, but for now, investors continue to weigh the fallout from embattled software stocks after Anthropic’s “Cowork” bombshell.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 4, 2026
This latest bombshell lands in what is already a head-spinning month.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026
Things haven’t been the same since I saw him with that blond bombshell.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.