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bomb

[bom] / bɒm /




VERB
fail miserably
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Khan visited Pyongyang to help with uranium enrichment, an alternative path to a bomb that North Korea pursued covertly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

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

“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

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

The ship they were particularly anxious to get quickly into port was the Aleksandrovsk, a freighter carrying twenty-four hydrogen bomb warheads for intermediate-range missiles, along with forty-four tactical nuclear warheads.

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