atomic
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Iran denies seeking an atomic bomb, though it has a stockpile of highly enriched uranium.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
Singh was born two years before the outbreak of World War II. Tulsi was born in the year atomic bombs were dropped on Japan.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
This script justifies that lame happy ending with a clever idea about the radiation sickness that results from suffering a blast of the creature’s atomic breath.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
Beyond these potential applications, the motor provides scientists with a new way to investigate physical processes at the atomic scale.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
To take a recent example, historians are still debating whether blueprint copying or idea diffusion contributed more to Russia’s building of an atomic bomb.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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