jolt
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It was the latest jolt to South Korea’s confidence in an alliance that has formed a cornerstone of Washington’s defense strategy in Asia since the end of World War II.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
"Patients also fled the hospital, the jolt was big. I saw some walls were cracked," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
A tsunami warning was issued but lifted around three hours after the initial jolt.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Apple, Amazon, Nvidia and peers are quietly coming back to life, and that could easily jolt this sleepy stock market back into gear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
He was blocking in the banana when a jolt of pain surged through his head.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
The archipelago, home to around 125 million people, typically experiences hundreds of jolts every year and accounts for about 18 percent of the world's earthquakes.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Riders and drivers took increasingly elaborate swerves to avoid the wince-inducing jolts of a full-on pothole clunk.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Every few years, the EIA would go over scenarios of oil jolts with varying degrees of severity in order to train the delegates on how to deal with their country’s strategic reserves, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026
It jolts me into remembering how much I love the printed page.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2026
Then a loud knock against my bedroom window jolts us both.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
We heard from finance professionals, doctors, lawyers and many others who have been jolted or taken in by tricksters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Now, the reshaping of the Mayor’s Fund has jolted the city’s business elite, in part because it points to the most decisive shift in power favoring the governing class in about 50 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Buffalo-based Benz was jolted from her couch by a call from an unknown number.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 2026
From a reality TV antagonist to a contender in the L.A. mayoral race, Spencer Pratt has jolted local politics, turning personal tragedy in the Palisades fire into a 2026 election campaign.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
The thought of the others, and all the questions they would ask, jolted Lazlo out of his survival euphoria and back into reality.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
It’s easy to assume that today’s whirlwind of disruptive tech—robo-cars, AI, brain implants and more—is jolting American society as never before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
This spiritual sequel to “Frankenstein” is a romantic tale of obsession, possession and fantasy — adjectives that also apply to its filmmaker, Maggie Gyllenhaal, who expends massive quantities of energy jolting it to life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
Women ride past on donkey carts, piled high with vegetables, jolting over potholes deep enough to trap a wheel.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Downhill ski racers are not running backs or point guards, however, and don’t make those same jolting lateral moves and therefore, experts say, are better able to compensate for a torn ACL.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2026
His entire body flopped back and forth in the air, swaying against the wind and jolting at every bump of the Berg.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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