A-bomb

Example Sentences

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After news of the attack, Satoshi’s mother rushed to Hiroshima to search for her family, who lived half a mile from the hypocenter, where the A-bomb exploded.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2023

He was especially influenced by Dr. Fumio Shigeto, director of a Hiroshina A-bomb hospital and a survivor himself, who had become one of the first to understand radiation sickness.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023

In the two years since, Iran has resumed enriching uranium to the point where it could have enough to build an A-bomb in a month or so.

From Slate • Nov. 29, 2021

It had been flown without a crew through a mushroom cloud during A-bomb tests at Bikini Atoll, a way to gather data without endangering fliers.

From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2021

With that contraption on she wouldn’t hear the A-bomb explode.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett