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bolt

[bohlt] / boʊlt /


NOUN
flash; projectile
Synonyms
NOUN
large roll of material
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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

It's hard to envisage a lightning bolt at this stage.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

While private credit firms like Blue Owl Capital saw investors bolt from their funds last year, industry leader Ares Management Corp.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

The idea of making any move at all sent a bolt of terror through me.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows




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