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[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

The Apple feature, introduced last year with iOS 26, is meant to block the spam calls that continue to bombard Americans’ devices.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 29, 2026

They knew they could bombard a uranium atom with neutrons and cause its nucleus to split.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

Unlike Delta, which bombards premium travelers with what-to-expect emails ahead of their flight, JetBlue was notably silent about its Mint perks after I booked in mid-February.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 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

Their models suggest carbon dioxide, ionized by particles in the solar wind that bombards the atmosphere, vigorously splits the water molecules apart.

From Science Magazine Nov. 12, 2020

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

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan

After being de-selected by Labour in 2022, he bombarded Banks with more than 100 offensive cards and letters until his fingerprints were found on one in summer 2025.

From BBC Sep. 14, 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

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

Today, consumers are bombarded with a constant stream of headlines, social media posts and algorithmically curated content designed to maximize engagement.

From Barron's May 27, 2026

One day in early March, Seaborg and Segre carried a hot sample of bombarded uranium out of the Crocker Lab in a lead bucket suspended from a long pole.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

But we also have things like Netflix Playground bombarding us.

From Slate Sep. 5, 2026

The scammers who have been bombarding American smartphones with fake messages about packages and toll-road fines have pivoted to impersonating the phone companies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 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

The experiment involved bombarding a thin sheet of gold foil with alpha particles, and earned Rutherford, from Bridgewater on New Zealand's South Island, the moniker the "father of nuclear physics".

From BBC Jan. 21, 2025

The Nazis, however, loved bombarding us with their successes.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson




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