bomb shelter

Example Sentences

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The community across the street from the Dimona strike has relocated some of its elderly to a large bomb shelter in a school, where they plan to stay until the end of the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

Since the war in the Middle East began nearly two weeks ago, the phone at Ron Hubbard's bomb shelter company in Texas hasn't stopped ringing.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

He then proceeded to gut the architectural gem, with reports at the time suggesting that he wanted to turn the concrete structure into a kind of modernist bomb shelter.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 11, 2025

He toured Prague’s famous monuments multiple times, including a huge bomb shelter under Folimanka Park that features in his novel, writing in his notebook along the way.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

I asked all my friends at school if any of them had a bomb shelter anyway, because I wanted to reserve space in it if they did.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals