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The war in the Middle East — the most recent, and most severe, energy jolt — is showing no signs of abating.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026

Along with getting better players, getting better American players would provide a jolt for men’s soccer in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Carmen Guedez, 69, was in the same room as her bedridden sister when she felt the jolt.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

When I reached John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s story, a switch went off within me — that jolt of adrenaline and inspiration you pray to stumble upon as a writer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

I drank it anyway, in several joyless gulps, hoping for a jolt of energy that never came.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

From the Greek philosopher Archimedes shouting “eureka” in his bathtub to the German psychologist Karl Bühler defining the concept of an “Aha!” moment two centuries later, sudden jolts of realization can hit rather quickly.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

It’s a small but ambitious entry into a Los Angeles venue landscape that’s recovering from fire and economic woes, yet has also seen several jolts of life recently.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026

That, I think, is the drama’s central lesson, and the reason it feels calming instead of hitting us with endless jolts to the nervous system.

From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2026

Steinberg said his firm lately has been “trimming at the margin to have some dry powder,” because any earnings jolts could trigger a pullback in stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2025

Her throat was dry and her stomach was full of little jolts of electricity.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

Hundreds of aftershocks have jolted southern Philippines after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake left dozens of people dead and hundreds more injured.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 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

He launched his campaign in the summer of 2025 with a viral ad that jolted life into a beleaguered coalition of exasperated liberals and lapsed progressives.

From Slate ● Apr. 13, 2026

As he took a step forward to join his friend, his body jolted to a stop.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

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

Goldberg told BBC News the company's counter-suit was "jolting".

From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026

I told Doctor Nolan about the machine, and the blue flashes, and the jolting and the noise.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath