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Estimates vary on how much Iran’s ability to make a nuclear bomb has been set back, from several months to several years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

A US federal judge postponed on Monday the trial of a Libyan man accused of making the bomb that destroyed a Pan Am flight over Scotland in 1988, killing 270 people, citing new evidence.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

In 2006 it was confirmed that North Korea had successfully conducted an underground nuclear test and was on its way to building a bomb.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

I’d rather revert to the days when every lazy thriller relied on a hijacked nuclear bomb.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

When the scientists tested their fission bomb in the New Mexico desert, a key part of the problem was solved.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Breakfast burritos in L.A. are canvases for individual creative expression, innovations that graft global cuisines or basic energy bombs to fuel the day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

It has tested nuclear bombs six times and has the capability to deliver them via long range missiles that can reach continental US.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

As Japan marks the anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombs, its leaders are pushing for a renewed debate on nuclear weapons in a challenge to the nation's long-time pacifist stance.

From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026

Several chapters are devoted to Kip’s stories of defusing bombs and saving English lives, all aided by Lord Suffolk’s encouragement.

From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026

For example, someone in a position of authority decided the Pe-2s of the 125th Guards would be able to carry a heavier load of bombs if the planes carried less fuel.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

“I’d like to say I trained 400 people in stand-up comedy, and under my watch, only three have ever bombed, and it’s because they didn’t listen,” Park said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

"They thought they would never be caught, because we never bomb during breakfast. But we bombed," Trump said during the G7 summit in France last month.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

But some of the storied studio's more recent titles, like the alien adventure Elio and Toy Story spin-off Lightyear, have bombed at the box office.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

All we see is when a boat is bombed or when someone’s promotion is stopped.

From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2026

“All of Poland was occupied, including Gdynia—which was never bombed, even though everyone had feared it would be,” said Jack.

From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren

But experience since 2022, “and a century of strategic bombing before that, say sustained air attack hardens societies rather than breaking them, and there is nothing in the Ukrainian data suggesting otherwise,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

The investigation was reopened in 2016 when US authorities learned that Masud had been arrested following Gaddafi's fall, and had confessed his involvement in the bombing to the new Libyan authorities.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

The US government says Al-Marimi admitted bombing the plane along with Megrahi and Fhimah when he was questioned in a Libyan detention facility in 2012.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

“You could end up bombing Paraguay,” Rubio joked.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

The year before, just after war was declared, the wards on the top floor had been closed down completely as a protection against bombing.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan