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

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

His grandad was in charge of chasing people away from the bunker and the other tunnels, he said.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

This is not the freezer as bunker, or the freezer as punishment, or the freezer as the place where leftovers go to await their eventual quiet disposal.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

The room had been used as a dormitory when it was a nuclear bunker and he could "see where the outline of all the beds were".

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

If he had to do something, though, better he build a bunker than join the army.

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

These weapons allow the US to conduct precision strikes against hardened military targets, such as command bunkers or fortified military facilities, without putting manned aircraft in harm's way.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

These attacks have made Madyar a priority target for Russia, he says, forcing him into secret underground bunkers.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

He destroyed Iraqi bunkers during the 1990-91 Gulf War and enforced no-fly zones over Iraq in the mid-1990s.

From The Wall Street Journal May 24, 2026

So when the world’s best golfers sweat over the large number of small bunkers that dot the course today, it’s all because Dallin’s photography proved that those were all part of the course’s original layout.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

“And we’re here. Where are the bunkers for us?”

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

Ukrainian defenders bunkered in a pharmaceutical plant before finally retreating over a bridge to Severodonetsk.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 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

While most residents had fled, countless families remained bunkered beneath the complex of several buildings and a labyrinth of tunnels.

From Washington Post May 7, 2022

Anyhow he missed it, and he found himself badly bunkered.

From All for a Scrap of Paper A Romance of the Present War by Hocking, Joseph

To their surprise, they were told it was safe to play in the port city about an hour's drive east of Dubai, home to a key global oil storage and bunkering hub.

From BBC Mar. 6, 2026

Singapore is the world's top bunkering hub due to its strategic location along the Strait of Malacca, having a well-developed infrastructure and access to refineries.

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

Exports of products already accepted by Russian Railways and Transneft can to go ahead, while higher-sulphur gasoil and fuel used for bunkering will be exempt from the ban.

From Reuters Sep. 26, 2023

The difficult problem of course was the blacklist and bunkering agreement, but I think we are by that.

From The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II by Hendrick, Burton Jesse




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