bolt

Example Sentences

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It's hard to envisage a lightning bolt at this stage.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

While private credit firms like Blue Owl Capital saw investors bolt from their funds last year, industry leader Ares Management Corp.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

“A gap year,” it was called, as if the Celtics were going to bolt off to a drafty Paris flat and pretend to read Sartre.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

With so much at risk, it’s not surprising that some potential victims bolt.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

My eyes flit around the room before I bolt out of bed.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer