bombshell
Example Sentences
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In his bombshell speech at the Munich Security Conference in 2025, Vance criticised this law.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 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
Three weeks before the Olympics, the pair were preparing to compete in the European Championships when Papadakis released a bombshell book.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
At City Hall, Raman’s entrance into the mayor’s race is a bombshell, particularly given her relationship with Bass.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026
It was a bombshell casually lobbed across the Atlantic.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
