bombshell
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The question was sparked by a bombshell lawsuit filed by a former student at Cornell University, some 200 miles north of the district.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
"But instead, this bombshell new evidence suggests that he conspired with officials to execute a sleekit, skin-saving cover-up."
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
SpaceX dropped a wireless industry bombshell late Thursday that sent shares of AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile lower in after-hours trading.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
The report commissioned by Apollo, which came to be known as the Dechert report for the law firm that produced it, dropped the bombshell that Black had actually paid Epstein $158 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
My father’s arrest had come in September, and when Christmas was but two days away, my mother dropped a bombshell.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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“Love Island USA” Season 8 premieres Tuesday, sans Montgomery, and will feature a number of SoCal bombshells among its cast in Fuji.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
Producers were keen to capitalise on that for the latest All Stars, which saw six American bombshells enter in their own Casa Amor villa halfway through.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
Those two bombshells came on top of what was already shaping up to be a frustrating offseason for Mets fans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
And she thought she had narrowly escaped the bombshells in recent days.
From BBC ● May 29, 2025
But the paper presented these allegations as scandalous bombshells, call-ing them “startling disclosures.”
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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