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atom bomb

[at-uhm-bom] / ˈæt əmˈbɒm /


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Before testing the first atom bomb, the Los Alamos crew asked Hans Bethe to confirm with math that it wouldn’t start a chain reaction and consume the atmosphere.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

This frustrated Marcus because he otherwise liked the innovative theory that had been proposed by Willard Libby, a physicist who had helped develop the atom bomb.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Knowing she’ll lose the ability to pick a side cast her back into the fight, and with an atom bomb that the hive mind, by its endlessly giving nature, had to provide.

From Salon Dec. 29, 2025

Those who survived the atom bomb, along with their descendants, continue to live in the long shadow of that day – wrestling with disfigurement, pain, and a decades-long fight for justice that remains unresolved.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2025

Why, the atom bomb hadn’t even scratched her.

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




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