bombshell
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After they dropped that bombshell, the Greens’ story entered a new phase.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026
Plus: A Financial Flashback to 40 years ago, the Boesky insider-trading bombshell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
The question was sparked by a bombshell lawsuit filed by a former student at Cornell University, some 200 miles north of the district.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
The paper focuses on a "bombshell" interview Prince Harry gave GQ magazine, where he said he hoped for reconciliation with his family.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
It was a bombshell casually lobbed across the Atlantic.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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
The hearing produced no major bombshells or confirmation of alien life.
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
Two aspects of the 28-point peace plan, in particular, landed like bombshells in Europe’s defense and foreign-policy establishment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
And she thought she had narrowly escaped the bombshells in recent days.
From BBC ● May 29, 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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