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Some compare the development of AI to the development of the first atomic bomb by the Manhattan Project.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Campbell’s goal in the 1940s, starting with America’s nerdy, unathletic boys, was to prepare the country to face a dangerous new age of science and technology, the emblem for which was the atomic bomb.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

A UK probe into a suspected bomb plot at an airbase used by the United States was mired in confusion on Tuesday, after media reported no explosives were detected in vehicles seized nearby.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

What some newspapers called a "suspected bomb plot" ended in the suspects being bailed.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

At the Greenbrier, in West Virginia, the bomb shelter for Congress was stocked with food for sixty days.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Similar setups are dotted around the country, creating a network of invisible signals to stop missiles, guided bombs and drones.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

For years the American military failed to destroy a single bridge at Thanh Hóa—not for lack of bombs, but for lack of precision.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The volunteers risking their lives to defuse Indonesia's wildfire 'carbon bombs'

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

"These buildings are nothing but ticking time bombs," said Ahmed Al-Ajla, whose uncle and other relatives were killed in the collapse.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

And two weeks after that, the first German bombs fell on Przemyśl.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

In 1969, we signed with Frank Zappa’s Straight Records, but our first two LPs bombed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

In 2006, she memorably performed as a kids’ birthday party entertainer—and bombed.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

In Paktia, an official said jets had bombed the Afghan Armed Forces' 203 Mansouri Corps, which is controlled by the Taliban, without providing any information on casualties.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

She thinks she’s bombed, but Dan, who has “magic ears,” hears what the song could be.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

The undertone of fear that San Francisco would be bombed which was abetted by weekly air raid warnings, and civil defense drills in school, heightened my sense of belonging.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

Her father, Henry, who worked as a broadcast engineer for the BBC, had moved the family out of London to escape German bombing.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Rae helped oversee the FBI’s response to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

The hearings will centre on the days immediately before and after the atrocity and will examine how the bombing was carried out and who was responsible.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

A British-born veteran of Vietnam, he concluded after the 1993 bombing that the terrorists would return, and he rigorously rehearsed evacuation plans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Over the next eleven days, the US Air Force flew 719 nighttime bombing raids over Hanoi and the harbor of Haiphong.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge