thunderbolt
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Ermedin Demirovic unleashed a thunderbolt in the 90th minute to send Stuttgart into the top four with a 1-0 home win over Freiburg in the Bundesliga on Sunday.
From Barron's ● Feb. 1, 2026
The attack fell like a thunderbolt on the country’s tightly knit Jewish community.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025
For me, it was a thunderbolt of thrill followed by pure abject terror that we might disappoint or “not have something good for her.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
The higher-for-longer inflation predicament has hit the U.S. housing market like a thunderbolt.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2024
This passed the endurance of the immortals, and Zeus got ready his thunderbolt to strike them.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
Across the floor and walls sprawl grand mosaics and sculptures depicting lions, piles of gold, thunderbolts and ancient Roman gods.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025
During those performances, the music was notably crisp, landing on the grassy landscape like thunderbolts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
Some of them resemble branching snowflakes, thunderbolts or neurons, whispering the unique expression of the artist's vision.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 3, 2024
"I think Diana ... will be hurling thunderbolts on coronation day, that's for sure," royal author Tina Brown told Reuters.
From Reuters ● May 6, 2023
“I forged the thunderbolts, she fired them,” Stanton said.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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