jolting
Example Sentences
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A recent series of earthquakes in Nevada has served as a jolting reminder of the state’s seismic risk.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
The outage at QatarEnergy, the world’s largest LNG exporter, has in turn knocked offline the No. 1 global supplier of helium, while blunting regional fertilizer exports and jolting aluminum production.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Women ride past on donkey carts, piled high with vegetables, jolting over potholes deep enough to trap a wheel.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Goldberg told BBC News the company's counter-suit was "jolting".
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
“So tell me all about this...academic defraudment scandal is what they called it, right?” she says, jolting Scoob back to the moment.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
