bunker
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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
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
In 1944 the British Royal Air Force targeted the palace directly while the boy king sheltered in a fortified bunker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
However the bunker is still visible in a patch of wasteland.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
“Just head for the bunker if the alarm goes off. Nothing will happen. I may be a little late if we go educating in Mbaise today.”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
He threaded his drive through the fairway bunkers to give himself a good look at the green.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 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
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
Under the circumstances, reports that Mr. Putin is tightening his security and spending more time in underground bunkers seem credible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
In the bunkers, they tended small children, passing out food, milk, and toys.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Antoniadi kept Pizza Hut closed and bunkered down in the restaurant for three days.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025
“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
While business support from venues and restaurants slackened, donations soared 26% in 2020 as listeners bunkered down and found solace and community on the radio.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2021
M., hopelessly bunkered in the Irish Stew, also picks up.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 27, 1917 1917 Almanack by Various
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
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
Russia approved some changes to its fuel export ban, lifting the restrictions for fuel used as bunkering for some vessels and diesel with high sulphur content, a government document showed on Monday.
From Reuters ● Sep. 25, 2023
If Kenwardine has bought the wharf, why’s he sending the coal away, instead of using it in the regular bunkering trade?”
From Brandon of the Engineers by Bindloss, Harold
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