bomb shelter

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The community across the street from the Dimona strike has relocated some of its elderly to a large bomb shelter in a school, where they plan to stay until the end of the war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

In a public bomb shelter two storeys underground, one woman lay sleeping on a bunk bed in the mid-afternoon, while another worked at their laptop.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

On Monday she relocated to the home of a teammate because she said the bomb shelter she had been using was tiny.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 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

Then, trying to cut the tension with a little dark humor, he added, “And there’s not room in the White House bomb shelter for all of us.”

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