bunker
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From their bunker, the Ukrainians discussed ways to bring the guidance drone closer to Stupnikov and center it over the intended route.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
From below, it looks like an isolated bunker built on the side of a canyon.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
A district court ordered a halt to work on the aboveground ballroom while allowing construction of the underground military bunker to proceed, but that order had been stayed while on appeal.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Olanna told Odenigbo that he would not go to the directorate and that she would not teach; they would spend the day in the bunker.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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With threats mounting, the crown prince is shuttling between heavily guarded palaces equipped with bunkers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 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
We kept walking until we reached one of the oblong sand bunkers of the golf course.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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Antoniadi kept Pizza Hut closed and bunkered down in the restaurant for three days.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025
Military officials quoted in Israeli media say troops are proceeding with caution, with the expectation of some 2,000 Hamas fighters bunkered in the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 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
"I expect we'll be bunkered and out by tea-time," he said, rising.
From Aliens by William McFee
To their surprise, they were told it was safe to play in the port city about an hour's drive east of Dubai, home to a key global oil storage and bunkering hub.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 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
Insufficient coal for bunkering ships created a critical congestion of freight in Atlantic port terminals and in railroad yards hundreds of miles inland.
From Return-Loads Bureaus To Save Waste In Transportation by United States. Council of National Defense. Highway Transport Committee
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