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bomb

[bom] / bɒm /




VERB
fail miserably
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It felt cathartic when he hit that song’s freaked-out chorus — “There’s a bomb in my car!” — in a hail of guitar noise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

More than eight decades after the war, the surviving uranium cubes have helped resolve a longstanding historical question, revealing just how far Nazi Germany remained from achieving a critical step toward building an atomic bomb.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Her life may have been turned upside down in that moment but she believes she had been living with a ticking time bomb long before that.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

A bomb disposal unit was deployed and a nearby village evacuated, but police found no explosives at the scene.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

They emerge when the bombings are over and rush to the bomb sites to help the wounded and pray for the dead and dying.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

The volunteers risking their lives to defuse Indonesia's wildfire 'carbon bombs'

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

What to know: Don’t be fooled by the title of this drama, co-produced by Britain’s Sky Television—you’re not going to get guns and bombs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Military analysts say that one potential legitimate use of the large payload bombs would be destroying underground tunnels and bunkers, places ordinary bombs can’t reach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

"These buildings are nothing but ticking time bombs," said Ahmed Al-Ajla, whose uncle and other relatives were killed in the collapse.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

The lawn is cut with trenches for people to jump in when Hitler’s bombs start falling.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

In 2006, she memorably performed as a kids’ birthday party entertainer—and bombed.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

At the bombed Kyiv printing press Viktoria Haidai told me protecting the industry was vital to preserving Ukrainian literature.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

It’s like bringing back old Coke after new Coke bombed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

They also came after Israel bombed the disused Abu Duhur airbase in the country's northwest earlier in the week, claiming it wanted to avert Turkish troops deploying to the facility.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

How do you know you bombed it? asks Ethan, but he puts a bomb emoji in place of the word.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

A major American bombing raid struck Vemork on November 16, 1943, contributing to the eventual end of heavy water production there.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

You bring up a historical moment that not a lot of Cuban Americans know about, which was the 1976 bombing of Cubana Flight 455, by an anti-Castro Cuban exile group.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

In a quote from his notes, he outlined how a senior figure in the RUC told him they had extra resources on standby in case of a bombing.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Rae helped oversee the FBI’s response to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

The Allied bombing of German cities remains a controversial subject, especially in areas where no military or industrial sites were targeted.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti


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