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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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But this language reads like a lawyer felt something had to be included, not like Amodei is prepping in a bunker armed with a giant “off” switch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

A Russian drone zips across the computer screen, startling the commanders keeping watch over the battlefield via a live stream in their bunker.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

Dubbed “Project Greek Island,” in the event of an attack on Washington, DC, senators and congressional representatives were to be evacuated from the nation’s capital by railroad and delivered to the Greenbrier’s bunker.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Soldiers cram into tunnels with a diameter of around 4 feet, sleeping in bunkers that are cut through the side of these steel tunnels, Ukrainian troops say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

As the age’s potent mix of terror and delirium spun on, designers and illustrators proposed ways to live comfortably in space, underwater or in underground bunkers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

These are bunkers, of which there are 3,600 on the island.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

Average Soviet citizens had no money for private bunkers, so the focus was on building public shelters in the basements of large buildings.

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

Antoniadi kept Pizza Hut closed and bunkered down in the restaurant for three days.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025

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

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

The hole is under the glass-and-china cupboard, where you are liable to be bunkered if you loft your approach-shot excessively.

From A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

People in the Florida city have "seen bad storms before" but are "bunkering up", he said, adding: "You don't want to underestimate a storm like this".

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Singapore will start issuing bunkering licences next year to companies supplying methanol as marine fuel, in an effort to help global shipping cut carbon emissions, officials said Monday.

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

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 bosun and his worthies quickly gathered to remove the disgraceful signs of bunkering; they swept and garnished, the stylish shipping clerk came aboard with his final papers to see Hosea and Phillips.

From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Edmund Blunden


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