bomb

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Matt Wrack, NASUWT's general secretary, said if female teachers are struggling to contain gender-based aggression, it is a "ticking time bomb" and male students need to be helped before "it is too late".

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Lawyers for Lemus’ widow have filed a legal claim, accusing the department of not training him or sending him to the FBI bomb school as required.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Iran isn’t currently enriching uranium, U.S. officials have said, and would need to enrich it to weapons grade and also build a warhead or bomb if it wanted to become a nuclear weapons state.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

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

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

Led by a physicist named Robert Oppenheimer, the team succeeded, testing the world’s first atomic bomb in the New Mexico desert in July 1945.

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