bombshell
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"But instead, this bombshell new evidence suggests that he conspired with officials to execute a sleekit, skin-saving cover-up."
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
SpaceX dropped a wireless industry bombshell late Thursday that sent shares of AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile lower in after-hours trading.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
On stage, she gracefully offset the blond bombshell image she both cultivated and poked fun at.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
This comes after the "bombshell announcement" that Meghan and the Duke of Sussex are returning to the UK.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
As soon as he had finished his unassuming report, however, everyone in the audience knew that a bombshell had exploded in the world of Joshua Lederberg.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
The calming locales both complement and contradict the plot’s revelations, which are hardly bombshells but do speak to how well-to-do families labor to shove inconvenient skeletons into the closet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Producers were keen to capitalise on that for the latest All Stars, which saw six American bombshells enter in their own Casa Amor villa halfway through.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
Two aspects of the 28-point peace plan, in particular, landed like bombshells in Europe’s defense and foreign-policy establishment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
When the news broke and Agar was presented with his baggy green cap by Glenn McGrath, Cricket Australia's own website called it "one of the biggest Ashes bombshells in history".
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025
But the paper presented these allegations as scandalous bombshells, call-ing them “startling disclosures.”
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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