thunderbolt
Example Sentences
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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
“The storm built up, and built up and built up. The American Indian Movement was simply the thunderbolt.”
From Seattle Times
It would be quite the finishing twist — one worthy of the June 30 thunderbolt from Los Angeles that put the Pac-12 in peril in the first place.
From Seattle Times
Columnists can hurl thunderbolts of outrage from on high, but moral purity is a luxury that no leader of a great nation can afford.
From Washington Post
Darren prefers designer arm sleeves under his jersey - Saturday’s had a thunderbolt.
From Washington Times
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