bombing raid

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Formerly Maduro's vice president, Rodriguez took over after a US bombing raid on Caracas on January 3 ended with his capture and transfer to New York to face drug-trafficking charges.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

Army airman from Michigan who died along with 10 other crew members when a bomber crashed in India following a World War II bombing raid on Japan.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2023

The original skeleton had been destroyed in a bombing raid on London during World War II, making the two casts the only known records of this animal, Lomax reports today.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 1, 2022

The Löwenbräukeller in Stiglmaierplatz, for example, hosted Nazi meetings in the early years of the Second World War, until a Royal Air Force bombing raid severely damaged half the building in 1944.

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2022

My mom's labor had to be induced to avoid any risk of me being born during a bombing raid.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi