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bomb

[bom] / bɒm /




VERB
fail miserably
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Kyselova, an arts-and-crafts teacher, considers it a lucky day, even though she has just taught eight lessons in a bomb shelter, because her friend got two tickets for the musical.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

How did the RAF Fairford incident go from 'suspected bomb plot' to police bail?

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

After three days of investigations, including using a bomb disposal team, police said Tuesday they had found no explosives in the vehicles, but they had retrieved a "quantity of petrol".

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

During the summer, the sheriff’s bomb squad and the naval explosive ordnance disposal unit also responded to the beach to pick up a much more hazardous item, a Super Bazooka round.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Sadako’s friends began to dream of building a monument to her and all children who were killed by the atom bomb.

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr

In the first half, Chambliss led four scoring drives, dicing the LSU defense up with intermediate passes and connecting on deep bombs down the sidelines, as the Rebels built a 24-7 lead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

The proposed $2.8 billion arms deal includes 40,000 of the U.S.’s 2,000-pound bombs, according to U.S. officials familiar with the plan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

"These buildings are nothing but ticking time bombs," said Ahmed Al-Ajla, whose uncle and other relatives were killed in the collapse.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

Usually, they weigh 250 or 500 kg, but there have been cases of Russia deploying bombs that weigh 1,500 kg.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

If the batteries failed, or when it was too dangerous to let a light show, they’d have to feel their way in the dark to fix the heavy bombs in place beneath the Po-2s’ wings.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

In 2006, she memorably performed as a kids’ birthday party entertainer—and bombed.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

In Paktia, an official said jets had bombed the Afghan Armed Forces' 203 Mansouri Corps, which is controlled by the Taliban, without providing any information on casualties.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

It’s like bringing back old Coke after new Coke bombed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

They also came after Israel bombed the disused Abu Duhur airbase in the country's northwest earlier in the week, claiming it wanted to avert Turkish troops deploying to the facility.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

The runway had been bombed out, so what were they hoping for?

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

Her father, Henry, who worked as a broadcast engineer for the BBC, had moved the family out of London to escape German bombing.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The inquiry was established to determine if the bombing could have been prevented by UK state authorities.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Unlike the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, the intent was unclear and the enemy was stateless.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

A British-born veteran of Vietnam, he concluded after the 1993 bombing that the terrorists would return, and he rigorously rehearsed evacuation plans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

At a church a few blocks from the site of the bombing, the residents of Springfield create a makeshift memorial.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed




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