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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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He hit a high, right-to-left shot out of the pine straw into the front left bunker.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

Much of that damage was done on the par-four 11th where posted a triple-bogey seven after taking three shots to emerge from a greenside bunker.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

Make solid contact with the ball first, instead, and you’ll hit the ball either into the bunker wall or send it shooting across the green into the rough or another bunker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

It is common courtesy today to reach for a nearby rake after you have played from a bunker, and to smooth out the surface for the rest of the players.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

The air was so still that, as they climbed out of the bunker, they could hear the caw-caw-caw of some birds far off.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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