bomb shelter

Example Sentences

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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

Visitors to Nir Oz are often taken to a viewpoint on its western edge, where a bomb shelter is all that remains of the home of kibbutz elder Amitai Ben Zvi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

She gave birth to her daughter Emmanuelle in a bomb shelter as she, her husband and two young sons fled the capital, Kyiv, in 2022.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2025

“Think about it. This is the summer of your life when you did nothing! Oh, I take that back,” she said suddenly, and pointed her accusing finger at the bomb shelter.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos