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bolting

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verb

present participle of bolt
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as in inhaling
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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Verb
  • Everybody was smiling and literally jumping with joy.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Constantly jumping from one shiny object to the next can lead to distractions that chip away at our businesses' foundations, making sustainability challenging.
    Cody Bjugan, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Three top concerns include elections and political turmoil that threaten progress, companies retreating or staying silent on DEI and ESG goals, and the rise of sustainability reporting that’s (temporarily) taking up companies’ time.
    Andrew Winston, Harvard Business Review, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Deporting millions of immigrants and retreating from global trade by implementing slogans like America First will not achieve these goals.
    Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Tanning nasal sprays have entered the illicit tanning market as a way to get a sunless tan by inhaling a squirt of the product through your nose.
    Marisa Garshick, Verywell Health, 30 Dec. 2024
  • From Grateful Dead shows to the dawn of the rave scene, people have been inhaling the gas to get high for decades.
    Ben Dandridge-Lemco, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The waters are a constant 72 degrees year-round and fed by a rapid flow of 42 million gallons of spring water daily rising from the aquifer.
    Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Its development played a critical role in the NBA team’s rapid rise to becoming the league’s most valuable team at $9.14 billion.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In May, eight soldiers were sentenced to death for fleeing the battlefield, and in July, 25 soldiers were convicted of similar offenses.
    Jean-Yves Kamale and Wilson Mcmakin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Between 1850 and 1860, it’s estimated that Harriet sheltered hundreds of people fleeing slavery.
    Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Fishing is the largest export in the country, but that doesn’t mean locals aren’t devouring it by the shipful.
    Claire Volkman, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Trackers researchers to flock of vultures raiding a python nest and devouring the eggs.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The Bot gets -1 for losing to me and 0 for guessing in four, bringing the running March total to . . .
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
  • But this imaginary relationship is emotionally inert and undercuts Suzy’s emotional progress, which is also slightly derailed by a running time that is at least 15 minutes too long.
    Chad Jones, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Their family was on the run, escaping the mortar fire that drove them from their home in Hari Fara, one of the last refuges for Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority.
    Adam Ferguson, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Three years on from escaping Scarlet Witch's spell that trapped the town Westview, New Jersey in an alternate dimension resembling an old TV show, Agatha enlists the help of a new coven of witches (including a game Aubrey Plaza) to take on old enemies and regain her powers.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Bolting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bolting. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.

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