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thunderbolt

[thuhn-der-bohlt] / ˈθʌn dərˌboʊlt /
NOUN
bolt
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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

While sticking Cillo into a varsity game would attract a thunderbolt of attention, Clark has been waiting for an appropriate moment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

The same familiar blue and gold thunderbolt greeted Mike Williams as he drove through the welcoming Southern California streets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2025

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

From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2024

Zeus threw a thunderbolt from his chariot The blast lit up the world.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

Canada’s star was David Winckworth, who made 12 with the bat before sending down a few round-arm thunderbolts of his own, taking four wickets as the Americans were dismissed for 64.

From BBC ● May 29, 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

Raining basketballs, strobe lights, rotating school hallways, CGI thunderbolts?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 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

The forgotten deities of dead cities brandished their broken thunderbolts at the sky as Dany rode her silver past their feet.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin


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