bolt
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Another bolt from the blue: singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
“We’d have these jackets with a big Chargers lightning bolt, the dark-blue stuff before the baby-blue stuff was en vogue.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Fireworks are also traumatizing for pets, particularly dogs, which tremble and even bolt from their homes in fear.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Whether the form has legs, wheels or a tower, it still needs actuators, sensors, edge compute, safety systems and someone to bolt it into a line.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
I click the metal bolt to the link on my chest.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Chinese nuts and bolts quicker than Usain Bolt.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 24, 2026
The paddle was meant to be secured with four bolts, but only one bolt was used.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
It drew lightning bolts from across the tech-policy spectrum for flipping its approach to AI oversight, moving from an earlier hands-off approach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
An expert called to the Newham site after the accident said some of the bolts were missing, and the KC claimed there was a "culture and practice" of assembling the cage without key pieces.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
For an hour, I moved bolts of fabric, slammed them into place, huffed through my nostrils like a charging bull, and kept my mouth shut.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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