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bomb

[bom] / bɒm /




VERB
fail miserably
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The very first sentence of Allen dropped a bomb that most people may have missed:

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

"It was almost like a bomb went off. That's what it felt like for me," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Casias had been an administrative assistant at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where the first atomic bomb was developed and where nuclear weapon work continues, her family told local news outlets after her disappearance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Moscow’s subway was built to function as a bomb shelter.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Soon Russia also had the bomb and the Cold War started.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen




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