bomb

Example Sentences

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Ahmed: I feel like anything I say, there’s like a bomb on my leg that might go off.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

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

Officers with the Bakersfield Police Department responded to a confirmed bomb threat at the Chase Bank at Chester Avenue and 17th Street on Tuesday afternoon, the department said in a statement on X.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

It has been deployed also by the military for mine detection, to search for lost submarines and, in one highly publicized case, to search for a hydrogen bomb lost at sea.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler