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Example sentences for: bombshell

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The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times put Byrd's bombshell in the context of moves by members of both parties to get things over with.
Cook's bombshell is her assertion that Eleanor, throughout the White House years, was in a passionate lesbian relationship with AP reporter Lorena Hickok.
But the Post lead is a bombshell because it shows inner details of the cave-in, including an August 4th phone call between Madeleine Albright and the U.N.'s top inspector, Richard Butler, in which Albright urged Butler to call off no-notice inspections at two sites thought to have forbidden weapons components and supporting documents.
Each of the three weeklies touts different "bombshell" allegations that tie the girl's parents to her death.
Tripp's testimony will be a "bombshell," says Stephanopoulus.