bolt
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Determining the total energy of a lightning bolt is complicated, said co-author Ivana Kolmašová, a space physicist at Charles University in Prague, Czechia, and a member of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
The miniature versions have fewer than 1,000 pieces, including a purple lightning bolt for the extreme ultraviolet light—and a Lego figurine dressed in a bunny suit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
That “better” isn’t a lightning bolt so much as a slow accumulation — small, incremental shifts that bring something closer, then closer still.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026
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
We heard the thud of a bolt drawn back, the screech of hinges.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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