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thunderbolt

[thuhn-der-bohlt] / ˈθʌn dərˌboʊlt /
NOUN
bolt
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Ermedin Demirovic unleashed a thunderbolt in the 90th minute to send Stuttgart into the top four with a 1-0 home win over Freiburg in the Bundesliga on Sunday.

From Barron's Feb. 1, 2026

That’s why the revision by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of its advisory on vaccines and autism struck like a thunderbolt, and not in a good way.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 25, 2025

While sticking Cillo into a varsity game would attract a thunderbolt of attention, Clark has been waiting for an appropriate moment.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 16, 2025

The higher-for-longer inflation predicament has hit the U.S. housing market like a thunderbolt.

From New York Times Apr. 12, 2024

He trusted her to carry the awful aegis, his buckler, and his devastating weapon, the thunderbolt.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Glenn Phillips was the unfortunate recipient of Archer's thunderbolts, somehow surviving to reach 49 not out.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

During those performances, the music was notably crisp, landing on the grassy landscape like thunderbolts.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2024

Some of them resemble branching snowflakes, thunderbolts or neurons, whispering the unique expression of the artist's vision.

From Science Daily Mar. 3, 2024

"I think Diana ... will be hurling thunderbolts on coronation day, that's for sure," royal author Tina Brown told Reuters.

From Reuters May 6, 2023

“I forged the thunderbolts, she fired them,” Stanton said.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling




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