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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

The TUV representative posted photos of the delegation's visit to "a school for gifted youngsters", adding their classroom was "a bomb shelter".

From BBC • Oct. 28, 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

My worries about having a bomb shelter and about the war in Korea began to grow again because there was so much talk about General MacArthur on the television news.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals




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