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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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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

A district court ordered a halt to work on the aboveground ballroom while allowing construction of the underground military bunker to proceed, but that order had been stayed while on appeal.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

Some were wounded on the way to the bunker, but none were killed, officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

It was getting warm in the bunker and he’d taken off his coat.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

"There are a lot of bunkers that you don't really want to be in. You can have a lot of really long irons into par-four holes as well."

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

But the appeals court noted that the existing injunction specifically allows construction of underground bunkers, bomb shelters and military and medical infrastructure to continue, along with aboveground work strictly necessary for security.

From Salon Aug. 9, 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

Then they ran to their cellars, bomb shelters, and underground bunkers.

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

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

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

Boys, for the moment we are bunkered; we must employ the niblick.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-14 by Sir Owen Seaman

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

Singapore is the world's top bunkering hub due to its strategic location along the Strait of Malacca, having a well-developed infrastructure and access to refineries.

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

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 difficult problem of course was the blacklist and bunkering agreement, but I think we are by that.

From The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II by Burton Jesse Hendrick




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