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bombard

[bom-bahrd, buhm-, bom-bahrd] / bɒmˈbɑrd, bəm-, ˈbɒm bɑrd /


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Related: ‘I’ve plenty of time on my hands’: Advisers bombard me with offers of free steak dinners.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

"These rare events, triggered by large, well-positioned collisions in the main asteroid belt, bombard all inner solar system worlds," Bottke said.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026

Deming goes old school to distort Reilly’s focus and bombard him with harsh spotlights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

Smishing is primarily done through two devices; a Sim farm which holds multiple Sim cards, allowing criminals to bombard people with thousands of scam texts.

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025

Seaborg’s group commandeered the cyclotron to bombard uranium twenty-four hours a day.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

The university of the future will succeed if it teaches students how to think and talk about the information that bombards them daily.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Without this invisible barrier, Earth would be exposed to the same constant stream of charged particles that bombards other planets in our solar system, such as Mars, making life there far more difficult.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2025

Schools pile on homework, extracurricular activities consume evenings, and social media bombards us with comparisons to seemingly perfect families.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2024

The Sun bombards Earth with a tremendous amount of energy, and the vast majority of it is reflected or quickly re-emitted as infrared heat.

From Science Magazine ● Apr. 4, 2024

Imam Malik looks helpless as our class bombards him with questions.

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan

And I really can't because they're probably being bombarded by 700 people over there.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

They then bombarded the gas mixture with protons to imitate the stream of energetic particles generated by solar superflares.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026

They also bombarded the CFPB’s website with complaints, which included accounts of how Bilt’s AI support system gave information that was “completely wrong” and “demonstrably … false.”

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026

Instead of hearing primarily from candidates, voters are bombarded by party committees, super PACs, labor unions, trade associations, advocacy organizations and issue groups.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

The Incorrigibles were excited to learn she was a history teacher and bombarded her with questions: Was it true that plague had determined the outcome of the Peloponnesian War?

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

But we also have things like Netflix Playground bombarding us.

From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026

Ecuador, which finished second in the South American World Cup qualifiers, put up a strong fight, bombarding the Mexican team with crosses, albeit without much organization.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

As diplomats wrangle for a breakthrough in what has been Europe's deadliest conflict since World War II, Russia has continued to press forward with its assault, bombarding Ukraine daily.

From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026

That can be done as simply as bombarding a drone or rocket with signals that drown out the connection to their operator or satellite guidance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

I saw the media bombarding our campus with questions.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers


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