bombed

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Earlier this month, the United States voiced unease after Israel bombed fuel depots around Tehran, smothering the city of 10 million people with toxic black smoke.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

The country did not pull out of the competition last summer when the US bombed three nuclear facilities in the country.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

The office of the clerical body charged with choosing Khamenei's successor as supreme leader, the Assembly of Experts, was also bombed in the central city of Qom on Tuesday, Iranian media reported.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

The U.N. agency has the “firm impression” that Iran’s stockpiles of highly enriched uranium still lie buried at the sites bombed last June, Grossi said earlier this month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Then I think about it: If the world gets bombed, cockroaches will take over the planet—like they have my apartment complex.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle