thunderbolt
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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
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 Reds continue to press and Adam Phillips has another thunderbolt blocked in the area before Nicky Cadden's looping cross has to be tipped over the bar by Nathan Baxter.
From BBC ● May 2, 2024
There was dead silence until—boom!—a huge thunderbolt clattered overhead and the whole kit and caboodle made a beeline out of there.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
"It was like 30 or 40 thunderbolts falling from the sky," said Ahnaf Bin Hasan, an 18-year-old student whose voice still trembled two days after the crash.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2025
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
"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
