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bomb

[bom] / bɒm /




VERB
fail miserably
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The deputies responded to the scene in personal work trucks rather than the department’s bomb truck, the claim alleges.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

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

“We wouldn’t be the first to mistakenly think a smarter bomb will keep us from putting boots on the ground.”

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

A Reuters report that Iranian hardliners were pushing for Tehran to obtain a nuclear bomb helped push stocks to their lowest levels of the session in the afternoon, according to commentary published by Mizuho Securities.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

He’d helped track down the spies who’d stolen American atomic bomb secrets during World War II. This new piece of film reminded him of that operation.

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