bolt
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So you can understand, if not necessarily agree with, their reluctance to drop out and call it a day, in the hope that, just maybe, that proverbial bolt of lightning will strike.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
It's hard to envisage a lightning bolt at this stage.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
While private credit firms like Blue Owl Capital saw investors bolt from their funds last year, industry leader Ares Management Corp.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
It involved transferring a heavy iron bolt, concealed inside an oversize Bible, from Casanova to his upstairs neighbor, who could then chip a hole in the wooden floor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
A big bolt of lightning zoomed down from the sky, hissing like a mad snake.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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