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as in to race
to proceed or move quickly
the cat bolted for the food dish the minute he spied it
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as in to fly
to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening
the rabbit bolted when it saw the fox approaching
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as in to inhale
to swallow or eat greedily
the way you bolted those hot dogs, it's no wonder you're feeling a little queasy
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Recent Examples of bolt
The 152 rooms are arranged around several buildings bolted together, including an art deco one from the 1940s and a neo-Georgian 1840s structure.
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Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025
The seats were more spacious than a regular economy flight, then in the back there were Porta Johns bolted onto the floor and a huge open space for baggage.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2025
Wallen, who performed two songs as the musical guest on the March 29 episode, bolted from the stage in the middle of the usual group hugs and farewells at the end of the show.
—Michaela Zee, Variety, 6 Apr. 2025
The goal of all these efforts is to bolt every door through which such women and girls could find a way to end their pregnancies.
—Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
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Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 14 Apr. 2025
The seats were more spacious than a regular economy flight, then in the back there were Porta Johns bolted onto the floor and a huge open space for baggage.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2025
Wallen, who performed two songs as the musical guest on the March 29 episode, bolted from the stage in the middle of the usual group hugs and farewells at the end of the show.
—Michaela Zee, Variety, 6 Apr. 2025
The goal of all these efforts is to bolt every door through which such women and girls could find a way to end their pregnancies.
—Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bolt
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The report also notes that saving intentions for middle-income Americans jumped by 2.4 points in April while their intent to use debt fell 2.5 points.—
Betty Lin-Fisher,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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The folks at Hugging Face, the open-source artificial intelligence gurus, just jumped into the world of robotics by acquiring Pollen Robotics.—
Fox News Staff,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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The Danish drugmaker is racing to capture more patients now that many compounding pharmacies are legally restricted from making cheaper, unapproved versions of Wegovy, with rare exceptions.—
Annika Kim Constantino,Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
29 Apr. 2025
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China, in particular, is racing to close the gap by pouring state investment into its universities.—
Sarah Kreps,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Apr. 2025
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Dark Eagle is designed to fly at speeds exceeding Mach 5, or 3,800 mph, with a reported range of 1,725 miles (2,775 kilometers), sufficient to reach Taiwan from Guam, or NATO's borders with Russia from Western Europe.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
26 Apr. 2025
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Chicago nearly tied it when Edgar Quero flew out to deep right field on a ball Lawrence Butler caught right in front of the wall.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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Cohen exclaimed while receiving perhaps the most crucial artifact of early VPR (Jax’s sweater notwithstanding).—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2025
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When Damone and Ruby were, eventually, arrested, Damone smugly exclaimed that his lawyers would get him out, but the future was not so rosy for Ruby.—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
23 Apr. 2025
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Every lap felt like a mind-numbing carousel ride through car exhaust and past bewildered pedestrians, while inhaling burrito-scented air.—
Marley Dickinson,
Outside Online,
17 Apr. 2025
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The coast was intertwined with every aspect of our time on Izu Peninsula, from watching waves crash on seaside rocks and inhaling the salty sea scent to seeing shrines nestled by the water, like at Shirahama Shrine’s torii gate.—
Kristen E. Pope,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Apr. 2025
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RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 17 sped to a strong finish on MTV.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2025
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Nose Mode, for instance, prompts you to hold the camera between your teeth and results in caricature-like videos where your head is enormous, your body is shrunken, and your movements are sped up.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
22 Apr. 2025
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Fellow dictatorships including Russia, China, North Korea, Cuba, and Iran lined up behind Maduro while Gonzalez fled the country during the reign of state terror against dissidents that followed the election.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
20 Apr. 2025
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The conflict has forced 12.4 million people to flee their homes and seek safety either elsewhere in Sudan or across the border, including more than half of whom are children (including nearly a third under five).—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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In video shared by The Associated Press, Grassley faces a room of Iowans who are at times shouting in disagreement about some of the Trump administration's policies.—
Allison Pecorin,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2025
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Chaos ensues when Fred Armisen's auctioneer unveils the painting, prompting everyone else in the room to shout, vomit, and self-harm, including Samberg's then-castmates Bobby Moynihan, Bill Hader, and Kristen Wiig.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Bolt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bolt. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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