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bombshell

[bom-shel] / ˈbɒmˌʃɛl /










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In bombshell interviews and tell-all documentaries, the American former actor has never hidden how difficult she found things following her 2018 fairytale wedding to Harry.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

On stage, she gracefully offset the blond bombshell image she both cultivated and poked fun at.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

The bombshell announcement was full of scary, highly technical terms: "a swarm of sandboxes", "agentic attacker", and "self-migrating command and control".

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Saba coffee shop has become a destination for fans of the Peacock reality show “Love Island USA” after owner Gal Tshnieder was cast as a bombshell.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

The information in the cable hit the CIA like a bombshell.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

However, it was soon revealed they were not actually going home, and were sent on dates with two new bombshells instead.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

The calming locales both complement and contradict the plot’s revelations, which are hardly bombshells but do speak to how well-to-do families labor to shove inconvenient skeletons into the closet.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

Those two bombshells came on top of what was already shaping up to be a frustrating offseason for Mets fans.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

When the news broke and Agar was presented with his baggy green cap by Glenn McGrath, Cricket Australia's own website called it "one of the biggest Ashes bombshells in history".

From BBC Nov. 18, 2025

But the paper presented these allegations as scandalous bombshells, call-ing them “startling disclosures.”

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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