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
Pulsed power stores energy in large capacitors and releases it in a burst, producing extremely high power for a brief moment, like a controlled lightning bolt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
It involved transferring a heavy iron bolt, concealed inside an oversize Bible, from Casanova to his upstairs neighbor, who could then chip a hole in the wooden floor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
Suddenly, like a bolt of lightning, the thing on the panga struck.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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