thunderbolt

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Cameroon also fell behind, against Mozambique in Agadir, but a thunderbolt from Christian Kofane delivered a 2-1 victory.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

The attack fell like a thunderbolt on the country’s tightly knit Jewish community.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

The same familiar blue and gold thunderbolt greeted Mike Williams as he drove through the welcoming Southern California streets.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025

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

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2024

The revelation that one could find free food just sitting on a stump in the woods landed on Joe like a thunderbolt.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown