nuke

Thank whatever god responsible that never happened, because the devastation of dropping just one nuke would be so horrendous that we can barely comprehend it.

From Salon ● May 8, 2026

Anything short of that is merely kicking the nuke down the road.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

Stopping the nuke would give them more time to gather intelligence, but we learn there’s only a 61% chance of intercepting it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025

“The implicit message is not just: ‘We could nuke Los Angeles.’

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024

“Is this some end-of-the-world thing? You want to find your father and reconcile before your alien friends nuke the planet?”

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

“There’s I believe a growing appreciation that AIs are the new nukes, you have to have them.”

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

In case of a Soviet attack, nukes dispersed in thousands of miles of cut-and-cover tunnels could be launched within 20 minutes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026

Not only had the nukes made those ships a more tempting target, they were more trouble than they were worth, requiring specially trained crews and special security procedures.

From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2025

Artificial intelligence, nukes, everything out of control, a cultural establishment that hates you.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025

And that the Soviets had dozens of hydrogen bomb warheads in Cuba during the crisis—plus tactical nukes that Soviet commanders were ready and willing to use if attacked.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

This command to wipe out the files as fast as possible nuked “Toy Story 2” in the time it takes to play “You’ve Got a Friend in Me.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

Meanwhile, the real Andy Byron’s real wife, Megan Kerrigan Byron, nuked the “Byron” from her name on Facebook and then deactivated her account entirely amid an onslaught of comments from the public, according to Newsweek.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025

Two-up on the 18th tee, he took out a three-wood and "nuked it" according to Mickelson’s caddie, Jim 'Bones' Mackay.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2024

“The extent to which America nuked itself is not completely appreciated still, to this day, by most Americans, especially younger Americans,” he said.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2023

Around five o’clock, he nuked a frozen dinner and popped the movie into the VCR.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

“But I would not subscribe to the idea of nuking the Fed.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

His flawed hyperloop plan, for example, or nuking the Martian poles to create an atmosphere, or basically anything he’s promised about Twitter.

From Scientific American ● May 15, 2023

Players can freely control Zack in 3-D space, swinging his giant sword at a monster and dodging its attacks in between nuking it with magic spells.

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2022

Scrambling an egg is — apart from boiling water or nuking a burrito — perhaps the easiest thing a cook can do.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 30, 2021

I was still fuzzy on why nuking grapes could cause a plasma ball.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas