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thunderbolt

[thuhn-der-bohlt] / ˈθʌn dərˌboʊlt /
NOUN
bolt
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Cameroon also fell behind, against Mozambique in Agadir, but a thunderbolt from Christian Kofane delivered a 2-1 victory.

From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025

The attack fell like a thunderbolt on the country’s tightly knit Jewish community.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025

That’s why the revision by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of its advisory on vaccines and autism struck like a thunderbolt, and not in a good way.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025

The higher-for-longer inflation predicament has hit the U.S. housing market like a thunderbolt.

From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2024

In his hand, he held the weapon Vajra, the thunderbolt.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

James Baldwin wrote thunderbolts of truth about American racism that changed the way people have understood and debated the issue since.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 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

Fiji struck with, as England head coach Steve Borthwick put it, "a couple of thunderbolts" as they scored two tries in quick succession to level things late on, but England found a way to win.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2023

"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

Slowly Father raised one arm above his head like one of those gods they had in Roman times, fixing to send down the thunderbolts and the lightning.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver


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