bombshell
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It wasn’t a surprise, but it was a bombshell.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
In a sense, the ideal backdrop for a bombshell.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
It seems “Love Island USA” producers pulled one bombshell aside for a chat, one that has led to her firing from the hit reality dating series.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Then Jon Farney, State Farm’s chief executive, took to the Allegiant Stadium stage and dropped a bombshell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
It was a bombshell casually lobbed across the Atlantic.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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
They survived a delayed start because of South African wildfires and an invasion from American bombshells, but the latest Love Island: All Stars winners have been revealed.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
Those two bombshells came on top of what was already shaping up to be a frustrating offseason for Mets fans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
And she thought she had narrowly escaped the bombshells in recent days.
From BBC ● May 29, 2025
But the paper presented these allegations as scandalous bombshells, call-ing them “startling disclosures.”
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
