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
The bunker was built within two of the seven tunnels excavated beneath Brackla Hill during World War Two to store munitions from the nearby Royal Ordnance factory.
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
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
They’d finally come upon the section of the bunker that used the raving generators above: a line of fights along the ceiling illuminated the passage.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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These attacks have made Madyar a priority target for Russia, he says, forcing him into secret underground bunkers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 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
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
Terrorized Berlin inhabitants crowded into cellars, subways, underground bunkers, and concrete flak towers.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Antoniadi kept Pizza Hut closed and bunkered down in the restaurant for three days.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025
Instead of traveling across Europe and visiting family in Maryland, Strachan bunkered down at home with the rest of the country and made the most of his retirement at home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 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
And now that they were face to face across a tea-table Miss Jones was bunkered again.
From The Visioning by Glaspell, Susan
"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
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
The cleanliness and saving of time from bunkering by the use of oil fuel is also an important factor in passenger ships, whilst considerable additional speed is obtainable.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
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