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bomb

[bom] / bɒm /




VERB
fail miserably
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The deputies responded to the scene in personal work trucks rather than the department’s bomb truck, the claim alleges.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

“We wouldn’t be the first to mistakenly think a smarter bomb will keep us from putting boots on the ground,” the source said.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

A Reuters report that Iranian hardliners were pushing for Tehran to obtain a nuclear bomb helped push stocks to their lowest levels of the session in the afternoon, according to commentary published by Mizuho Securities.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Freddie Steward caught it, kicked a pinpoint bomb across to Billy Searle, who fed inside to Gabriel Hamer-Webb to streak in to secure Leicester's own four-try bonus.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Are we going to travel back in time and prevent genocide, world wars, the atomic bomb?

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly