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  • present tense form of bomb (3rd person singular).

bombs



NOUN
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He drops bombs, claims victory—but the wars lumber on.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

When Baerwald read that, “I was really alarmed, in the moment,” he says, realizing how closely tied his grandfather had been to the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

She also raised the alarm about what she thought were bombs, but the prosecution explained that several plastic bottles filled with polystyrene were found, and no explosives.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

The assumption was the U.S. would keep building ever more destructive bombs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Paris was declared an “open city”—spared from bombs and ruin, but fully accessible to Nazi troops.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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