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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

It keeps it stored in a James Bond-style Swiss former nuclear bunker, according to Tether's boss.

From BBC Jul. 13, 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 manager of the site said this bunker was poor in comparison to the one the government built in Essex around the same time beneath a farmer's field.

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

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

We have concrete plans, and concrete bunkers, to protect the new leadership.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 9, 2026

That includes using drones for tasks that once would have required sending a soldier to the danger zone, having troops hunker down in underground bunkers, and increasing efforts to evade detection.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 7, 2026

But for all the angst they elicit, bunkers remain a mystery for many golfers and nongolfers alike.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 4, 2026

They walked and walked, and still the streets and shacks and scrap bunkers went on.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

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

From Slate Nov. 13, 2025

“The ethnic patchwork appears to be a map of bunkered enclaves. Its center cannot hold because the city doesn’t have one.”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 22, 2023

“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

And just to complete my generalising remarks on American courses, which naturally vary greatly, let me say that commonly they are not so severely bunkered as are the best of ours, particularly from the tee.

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

"This marks an important step towards establishing methanol bunkering at scale and driving Singapore's ambition to be a sustainable multi-fuel bunkering hub," the MPA said.

From Barron's Nov. 24, 2025

Shell said it takes active measures to prevent oil spills caused by oil bunkering.

From BBC Feb. 11, 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

The proposed expansion would have allowed vessels and so-called bunkering barges to load liquid natural gas to power their own ships, but also to transfer fuel to other ships, making them floating fuel suppliers.

From Seattle Times Jan. 24, 2024

The gradients between the tee and the hole should be made use of in bunkering.

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




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