bunker
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The Trump administration asked the US Supreme Court on Friday to allow it to complete construction of a ballroom and secure underground bunker at the White House, saying the project was essential for national security.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Beneath an unassuming hill just next to a newbuild housing estate there lies a bunker that was designed to keep Wales running in the event of a nuclear attack.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
This is not the freezer as bunker, or the freezer as punishment, or the freezer as the place where leftovers go to await their eventual quiet disposal.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
I am not the only person who has been inside this bunker, aside from the many actors and crew members from various productions.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
He’d rather return to the village than search for a bunker any day.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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But the appeals court noted that the existing injunction specifically allows construction of underground bunkers, bomb shelters and military and medical infrastructure to continue, along with aboveground work strictly necessary for security.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
These weapons allow the US to conduct precision strikes against hardened military targets, such as command bunkers or fortified military facilities, without putting manned aircraft in harm's way.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Missiles typically carry bigger warheads than drones, can penetrate bunkers and are harder to intercept.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
These attacks have made Madyar a priority target for Russia, he says, forcing him into secret underground bunkers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
The real hydrogen bombs were removed from storage bunkers and loaded onto trucks.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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Antoniadi kept Pizza Hut closed and bunkered down in the restaurant for three days.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025
“He proceeds not with a moral point but through observation of the way his characters either defend their bunkered existences or attempt to reach beyond them — or more commonly, some combination of the two.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2022
“We have shown that we can not only fight, but we can also sing very nice,” said Vitaliy, a soldier bunkered down north of Kyiv.
From Reuters ● May 16, 2022
While most residents had fled, countless families remained bunkered beneath the complex of several buildings and a labyrinth of tunnels.
From Washington Post ● May 7, 2022
This is a tree-y course, like New Zealand, really good, good greens, well bunkered, a trifle on the short side, but full of interest.
From Fifty Years of Golf by Horace G. Hutchinson
It also reported its teams were cleaning up 18 reported spills from an estimated 60 bunkering points.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
Singapore is the world's top bunkering hub due to its strategic location along the Strait of Malacca, having a well-developed infrastructure and access to refineries.
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025
"They need to choose a machinery system and make plans for the future. At the same time, there is considerable uncertainty related to fuel prices, carbon pricing, fuel bunkering availability and safety," he says.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2024
So come out, come out, wherever you’re bunkering: It’s time to say an early hello to spring.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
The gradients between the tee and the hole should be made use of in bunkering.
From The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer by Henry Leach
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