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A-bomb

[ey-bom] / ˈeɪˌbɒm /


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After news of the attack, Satoshi’s mother rushed to Hiroshima to search for her family, who lived half a mile from the hypocenter, where the A-bomb exploded.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2023

The 1967 picture “The Unknown Man of Shandigor,” written and directed by the Swiss filmmaker Jean-Louis Roy, opens with a documentary shot of an A-bomb explosion — only backward.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2022

In the two years since, Iran has resumed enriching uranium to the point where it could have enough to build an A-bomb in a month or so.

From Slate • Nov. 29, 2021

His story, like that of many American A-bomb survivors, is seldom part of the popular literature surrounding Hiroshima.

From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2020

“Whatever! He helped create the A-bomb, for chrissakes,” I had said.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen




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