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dive bomber

NOUN
diving aircraft that bombs
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The artist had shoved large yellow insulation strips into a skip that now looked like a fast-food container that the seagull divebombed to steal chips.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2025

He has divebombed N.F.L. news conferences to dispute in real time the league’s messaging on concussions.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2022

The bad: Many USC coaches either skyrocketed or divebombed in their third full season.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2021

Eventually, the trail leads to cattails divebombed by dragonflies, and then to a boardwalk with benches and observation platforms facing the river and marsh.

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2020

Most of them — notably “Rocky,” “The Bridges of Madison County” and Woody Allen’s “Bullets over Broadway” — divebombed at the box office.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2016



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