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He may also enjoy showing off his new tariff bazooka.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

The bazooka was designed as a deterrent—and it seems to have deterred.

From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2026

Referred to as a "bazooka" or "nuclear" option, the instrument is intended to deter economic coercion against any of the EU's 27 member states.

From Barron's ● Jan. 19, 2026

And when Brooks and Gordon’s screenplay takes a bazooka to that skeleton, they smartly ensure the viewer is on Iris’ side.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2025

One end of the tube was wedged between his bars at stomach level, and the other protruded halfway into the narrow gallery space between cell bars and fence, like a miniature bazooka.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

"We know the bandits have all those bazookas, rocket launchers… We didn't believe they have the technical know-how and capacity to use them," retired security official Mike Ejiofor told the Vanguard newspaper.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2021

The elated health minister, Mutahi Kagwe, said that the country had “been fighting this virus with rubber bullets,” but now had finally acquired the metaphorical equivalent of “machine guns, bazookas, and tanks.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2021

“The Fed went from bazookas that had mostly run out of ammo and skipped helicopters and went straight to the B-52s carpet bombing tons of cash on the financial markets and the economy,” Yardeni said.

From Washington Post ● May 8, 2020

When he joined the BOE’s rate-setting committee in 2006, he said, opportunities for linguistic ingenuity were scarce, “so bazookas or sledgehammers weren’t on the table.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2016

“I’d like to have some bazookas of my own, like the ones in Commando. That would be beautiful,” I said, and we laughed.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah