bomb

Example Sentences

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Diplomacy failed to stop Pyongyang from getting the bomb.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 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

“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

A New York Daily News editorial guessed that this was a hydrogen bomb, perhaps five to ten times as powerful as the fission bomb that destroyed the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

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