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bomb

[bom] / bɒm /




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fail miserably
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Even worse, Zaslav torched multiple projects while reportedly calling in personal favors for celebrity friends like Nicholas Pileggi, who penned the script for WBD’s 2025 bomb The Alto Knights, at great expense to the studio.

From Slate Sep. 1, 2026

Estimates vary on how much Iran’s ability to make a nuclear bomb has been set back, from several months to several years.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

The authorities say the new vigilantes are better trained, but Samuel, from Good Governance Africa, calls them a "time bomb waiting to happen".

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

A US federal judge postponed on Monday the trial of a Libyan man accused of making the bomb that destroyed a Pan Am flight over Scotland in 1988, killing 270 people, citing new evidence.

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

But sometimes, while playing house, Sam would have an urge to race around with the pretend dinner in its plastic dish, and bomb the animals instead of feeding them nicely.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

Maybe it’s also because, like him, they have enough nuclear bombs to destroy much of life on earth—and he fears they might do so unless he showers them with praise and honor.

From Slate Sep. 10, 2026

Breakfast burritos in L.A. are canvases for individual creative expression, innovations that graft global cuisines or basic energy bombs to fuel the day.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

It has tested nuclear bombs six times and has the capability to deliver them via long range missiles that can reach continental US.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

As Japan marks the anniversary of the 1945 atomic bombs, its leaders are pushing for a renewed debate on nuclear weapons in a challenge to the nation's long-time pacifist stance.

From Barron's Aug. 9, 2026

For six months, the 586th Regiment had been defending strategic positions in their dangerous solo Yak fighters and the 588th Regiment had been harassing German troops with bombs dropped from their flimsy Po-2s.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

It happened on Dec. 11, 2001, while the U.S. bombed the Tora Bora caves in Afghanistan and President Bush led a worldwide commemoration marking the three-month anniversary of 9/11.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

“I’d like to say I trained 400 people in stand-up comedy, and under my watch, only three have ever bombed, and it’s because they didn’t listen,” Park said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Welcome to Lukyanivka, one of the most heavily bombed neighborhoods in Ukraine’s capital city, but still one of the liveliest.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Heavily bombed during World War Two because of its huge manufacturing capacity, Manchester became a creative hub from the 1980s onwards with bands like New Order and Oasis achieving global fame.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2026

The more I learned about Korea, the more I was afraid we could be bombed right at our own house in Little Rock, Arkansas.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

A British-born veteran of Vietnam, he concluded after the 1993 bombing that the terrorists would return, and he rigorously rehearsed evacuation plans.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Unlike the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, the intent was unclear and the enemy was stateless.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

Maybe it was the audience’s silent reaction to the dancer bombing.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

A Libyan who was cleared after standing trial over the Lockerbie bombing is reported to have died aged 70.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Nadezhda “Nadya” Popova and her navigator, Katya Ryabova, were the first crew to test the silent bombing glide.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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