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lightning

noun as in electrical discharge

Strong matches

Weak match

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In the early ’60s, Shepard escaped to New York and with lightning speed infiltrated off-Broadway, inspired by Samuel Beckett, Edward Albee and a host of experimental playwrights.

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The armed group's lightning offensive saw it capture the key eastern cities of Goma and Bukavu, just over the border with Rwanda.

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It wasn’t until the first flash of lightning that Roz finally called it quits.

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Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, but they temporarily stayed the decision pending the Supreme Court appeal, which was accepted by the justices with lightning speed.

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The Home Office removed the need to consult local authorities about hotel use in 2020 and they've become lightning rods for protests.

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