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bunker

[buhng-ker] / ˈbʌŋ kər /
NOUN
underground shelter
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NOUN
hazard on a golf course
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Each bunker leads into an extensive tunnel network beneath the rocks that was built to protect the island in case of attack.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

While the ballroom has drawn headlines, the project also includes a military bunker.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

He said the work on the underground bunker may proceed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Some were wounded on the way to the bunker, but none were killed, officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

In the middle, where the nose would have been, a cement wall jutted from the hillside, with a metal door like the entrance to a bunker.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

With threats mounting, the crown prince is shuttling between heavily guarded palaces equipped with bunkers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

The plants, constructed in fortified bunkers and protected from drone attack by huge steel cages, are each capable of providing electricity and heat to several hundred of the city's high-rise apartment blocks.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

As the age’s potent mix of terror and delirium spun on, designers and illustrators proposed ways to live comfortably in space, underwater or in underground bunkers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

These are bunkers, of which there are 3,600 on the island.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Could they really survive living in underground bunkers?

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

Antoniadi kept Pizza Hut closed and bunkered down in the restaurant for three days.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025

“He proceeds not with a moral point but through observation of the way his characters either defend their bunkered existences or attempt to reach beyond them — or more commonly, some combination of the two.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2022

“We have shown that we can not only fight, but we can also sing very nice,” said Vitaliy, a soldier bunkered down north of Kyiv.

From Reuters ● May 16, 2022

The elevated green is heavily bunkered, and the wedge to the green is complicated by a rolling fairway with uneven lies.

From Seattle Times ● May 13, 2022

The cavalry believed they were "bunkered" forever, and that all their training and tradition were made futile by the digging in of armies.

From Now It Can Be Told by Philip Gibbs

People in the Florida city have "seen bad storms before" but are "bunkering up", he said, adding: "You don't want to underestimate a storm like this".

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Singapore will start issuing bunkering licences next year to companies supplying methanol as marine fuel, in an effort to help global shipping cut carbon emissions, officials said Monday.

From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025

"They need to choose a machinery system and make plans for the future. At the same time, there is considerable uncertainty related to fuel prices, carbon pricing, fuel bunkering availability and safety," he says.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2024

So come out, come out, wherever you’re bunkering: It’s time to say an early hello to spring.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2024

The size and contour of the putting green and the bunkering should depend upon the character and length of the hole.

From The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer by Henry Leach




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