bomb shelter
Example Sentences
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In a public bomb shelter two storeys underground, one woman lay sleeping on a bunk bed in the mid-afternoon, while another worked at their laptop.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
He then proceeded to gut the architectural gem, with reports at the time suggesting that he wanted to turn the concrete structure into a kind of modernist bomb shelter.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 11, 2025
Visitors to Nir Oz are often taken to a viewpoint on its western edge, where a bomb shelter is all that remains of the home of kibbutz elder Amitai Ben Zvi.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025
She and her friends took refuge in a concrete bomb shelter at the side of a road.
From BBC • May 13, 2025
The news stories always put me right back into my pity pot, though, showing me again and again that I needed a bomb shelter.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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