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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

While the ballroom has drawn headlines, the project also includes a military bunker.

From Barron's Aug. 31, 2026

One estimate placed the cost of the ballroom and the bunker at $600 million, with taxpayers covering half, the Washington Post reported.

From Los Angeles Times 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

“There are too many for the bunker already, and I don’t think I can make it any bigger, not without undermining the house or falling into the cellar.”

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

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

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

From pole to pole, IOI-1 was covered with armories, bunkers, warehouses, and vehicle hangars.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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

The elevated green is heavily bunkered, and the wedge to the green is complicated by a rolling fairway with uneven lies.

From Seattle Times May 13, 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

It also reported its teams were cleaning up 18 reported spills from an estimated 60 bunkering points.

From BBC Jun. 3, 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

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

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 Harold Bindloss




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