nuclear bomb

Example Sentences

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I don’t think they fully grasp how severe even one nuclear bomb being dropped would be.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026

"And anyway, we can't risk a glass spilling live on TV. Television is a nuclear bomb when it comes to publicity."

From BBC • May 30, 2026

"Imagine if either the Nazis or the Russians got the nuclear bomb first. That would have been a very, very different world," he said.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Artifacts from the birth of the nuclear age are also featured, including items recovered from postwar Hiroshima and a letter from the father of the nuclear bomb, Robert J. Oppenheimer.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

“What if German scientists succeed in making a nuclear bomb before we even investigate possibilities?”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik