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bomb

[bom] / bɒm /




VERB
fail miserably
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The force urged people to stay away from the beach, with a cordon in place while police and the bomb squad check the area.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Then-Kentucky coach Rick Pitino still sees Hill’s unbothered bomb in his sleep, three decades later.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

“We wouldn’t be the first to mistakenly think a smarter bomb will keep us from putting boots on the ground.”

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

A Reuters report that Iranian hardliners were pushing for Tehran to obtain a nuclear bomb helped push stocks to their lowest levels of the session in the afternoon, according to commentary published by Mizuho Securities.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

They flew over the busy railway station where the Soviet troops bound for Kursk were gathering, surrounded by a mess of smoking bomb craters in the dirty snow.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein