thunderbolt

Example Sentences

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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

“The storm built up, and built up and built up. The American Indian Movement was simply the thunderbolt.”

From Seattle Times

“What we heard was like a thunderbolt, transforming with its electricity,” Ms. Mantell recalled.

From Washington Post

Last summer, when the conference began pursuing a media rights agreement following the thunderbolt from Los Angeles, the Big Ten’s massive deal created a valuation ceiling.

From Seattle Times

Like the Greek god Zeus aiming thunderbolts, physicists working on a mountaintop in Switzerland have used a high-power laser to steer lightning toward a 124-meter-tall radio tower.

From Science Magazine