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During World War II, Allied forces took to the skies to bomb many of Germany’s oil refineries, grounding Nazi fighter planes and dealing a devastating blow to Adolf Hitler’s tanks and ground troops in Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

They printed their images in a dark room that Zlozower improvised in a bomb shelter tucked into his parents’ house, then sold the best ones at Aron’s Records on Melrose.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Bulgarian and Israeli media reported that a bomb threat had been made.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

When Barbabella arrived, he called out: “I need the most seriously injured!” recalled Josh Sweeney, who had been closest to the bomb.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

The Soviets had stolen the secret of the fission bomb from the Americans.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

As Hedda Gabler warned, bored women are time bombs whose agitation puts everyone at risk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Junior transport minister, Kier Mather said removing the masts had reduced the risk of them toppling on to and detonating the bombs.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

After Nazi bombs destroyed the stairwell in the Shulevitzes’ apartment building in Warsaw, the only way to reach the ground floor was by crossing boards placed across collapsed parts of the staircase.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

After the U.S. dropped atomic bombs to end World War II, the New York Times invoked Old Testament language when writing that the technology had “sowed the whirlwind.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Three weeks later, two American atomic bombs forced Japan to surrender.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

In 2006, she memorably performed as a kids’ birthday party entertainer—and bombed.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

At the bombed Kyiv printing press Viktoria Haidai told me protecting the industry was vital to preserving Ukrainian literature.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

They also came after Israel bombed the disused Abu Duhur airbase in the country's northwest earlier in the week, claiming it wanted to avert Turkish troops deploying to the facility.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

Palestinian Civil Defense teams work with basic and limited equipment to search beneath for bodies in the rubble of bombed out buildings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

“But you’re not the one who bombed this place.”

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau

Reinach felt confident he had saved the painting from bombing or seizure by the Nazis, who would soon occupy Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Incredibly, the family survived tragedy during the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Forty-nine aircraft were available for water bombing and cloud seeding to make rain, although many have been grounded intermittently due to the haze.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

A major American bombing raid struck Vemork on November 16, 1943, contributing to the eventual end of heavy water production there.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

On the night the bombing began, Mr. Loomis was working late in the laboratory.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien