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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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Deep in a bunker, a device resembling an alarm clock sits on the desk of Maj.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Each bunker leads into an extensive tunnel network beneath the rocks that was built to protect the island in case of attack.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

From below, it looks like an isolated bunker built on the side of a canyon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

To this day, Switzerland mandates that every citizen must have access to a nuclear bunker, external.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Before she climbed into the car, Mrs. Ezeka asked her to come to the back and see the new bunker her husband had had built; it was concrete, sturdy.

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

Iran has also reinforced protection around its nuclear sites and other security-related bunkers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

As the age’s potent mix of terror and delirium spun on, designers and illustrators proposed ways to live comfortably in space, underwater or in underground bunkers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

There is water from the left of the tee, while bunkers await players attempting to play safely towards the right.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

On our way up here, we had passed graffiti flamingos on the sides of bunkers and on the path itself, but he had made no reference to them in his spiel about the island’s history.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Could they really survive living in underground bunkers?

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

It is uphill but well within reach from the tee, and heavily bunkered.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 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

These ships will be freely bunkered and will be immune from detention on our part.

From Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various

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

"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

"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

So come out, come out, wherever you’re bunkering: It’s time to say an early hello to spring.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2024

"Well, what do you want me to do about it?" said Charles, bunkering his cigar-stump badly to the right of the coal-scuttle.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 5th, 1914 by Various




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