bunker
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Some were wounded on the way to the bunker, but none were killed, officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Shortly afterwards, Sam Burns of the United States chipped in from a greenside bunker to also record an eight-under-par round of 62.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
This is not the freezer as bunker, or the freezer as punishment, or the freezer as the place where leftovers go to await their eventual quiet disposal.
From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026
In 1944 the British Royal Air Force targeted the palace directly while the boy king sheltered in a fortified bunker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
“They might actually know something about the bunker, headquarters, whatever we’re calling the place the Berg came from.”
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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He threaded his drive through the fairway bunkers to give himself a good look at the green.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
These attacks have made Madyar a priority target for Russia, he says, forcing him into secret underground bunkers.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Under the circumstances, reports that Mr. Putin is tightening his security and spending more time in underground bunkers seem credible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
But for all the angst they elicit, bunkers remain a mystery for many golfers and nongolfers alike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 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
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Antoniadi kept Pizza Hut closed and bunkered down in the restaurant for three days.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 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
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
This is a hateful subject, but one which demands the most careful and unprejudiced consideration, for are not even the best of us bunkered almost daily?
From The Complete Golfer by Vardon, Harry
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
Shell said it takes active measures to prevent oil spills caused by oil bunkering.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 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
Exports of products already accepted by Russian Railways and Transneft can to go ahead, while higher-sulphur gasoil and fuel used for bunkering will be exempt from the ban.
From Reuters ● Sep. 26, 2023
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 Blunden, Edmund
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