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bunker

[buhng-ker] / ˈbʌŋ kər /
NOUN
underground shelter
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NOUN
hazard on a golf course
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The Trump administration asked the US Supreme Court on Friday to allow it to complete construction of a ballroom and secure underground bunker at the White House, saying the project was essential for national security.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

A tricky back nine on her second round ended in style, as a birdie from the bunker on the 17th was followed by a par at the last.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

The manager of the site said this bunker was poor in comparison to the one the government built in Essex around the same time beneath a farmer's field.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

This is not the freezer as bunker, or the freezer as punishment, or the freezer as the place where leftovers go to await their eventual quiet disposal.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

A woman from down the street said, “Come back! Where are you going? Ebe ka I na-eje?” but she ignored them both and scrambled out of the bunker.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

But the appeals court noted that the existing injunction specifically allows construction of underground bunkers, bomb shelters and military and medical infrastructure to continue, along with aboveground work strictly necessary for security.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

These weapons allow the US to conduct precision strikes against hardened military targets, such as command bunkers or fortified military facilities, without putting manned aircraft in harm's way.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

These attacks have made Madyar a priority target for Russia, he says, forcing him into secret underground bunkers.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

He destroyed Iraqi bunkers during the 1990-91 Gulf War and enforced no-fly zones over Iraq in the mid-1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal May 24, 2026

They hurried to open the steel doors leading to the underground bunkers.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Antoniadi kept Pizza Hut closed and bunkered down in the restaurant for three days.

From Slate Nov. 13, 2025

Unable to find new employment, they pinched their pennies and bunkered down at home.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 29, 2022

“We have shown that we can not only fight, but we can also sing very nice,” said Vitaliy, a soldier bunkered down north of Kyiv.

From Reuters May 16, 2022

While most residents had fled, countless families remained bunkered beneath the complex of several buildings and a labyrinth of tunnels.

From Washington Post May 7, 2022

These ships will be freely bunkered and will be immune from detention on our part.

From Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various

To their surprise, they were told it was safe to play in the port city about an hour's drive east of Dubai, home to a key global oil storage and bunkering hub.

From BBC Mar. 6, 2026

Singapore will start issuing bunkering licences next year to companies supplying methanol as marine fuel, in an effort to help global shipping cut carbon emissions, officials said Monday.

From Barron's Nov. 24, 2025

"They need to choose a machinery system and make plans for the future. At the same time, there is considerable uncertainty related to fuel prices, carbon pricing, fuel bunkering availability and safety," he says.

From Science Daily Apr. 16, 2024

So come out, come out, wherever you’re bunkering: It’s time to say an early hello to spring.

From Seattle Times Mar. 12, 2024

The bosun and his worthies quickly gathered to remove the disgraceful signs of bunkering; they swept and garnished, the stylish shipping clerk came aboard with his final papers to see Hosea and Phillips.

From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Edmund Blunden




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