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bomb

[bom] / bɒm /




VERB
fail miserably
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Once, Bensky wrote to inquire why he hadn’t heard from McCarthy—was he preparing to “go to work in a hydrogen bomb factory”?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

How did the RAF Fairford incident go from 'suspected bomb plot' to police bail?

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The Ventura County Sheriff’s bomb squad published an Instagram post about the discovered marker.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Authorities have not confirmed the details of the threat, which they said was "contained" Sunday evening, but bomb disposal experts were seen at work at the scene.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

The massive power of the fission bomb would blow everything apart before the fusion could begin.

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

The proposed $2.8 billion arms deal includes 40,000 of the U.S.’s 2,000-pound bombs, according to U.S. officials familiar with the plan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 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

Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, Coxon likened A.I. development to the Manhattan Project, the U.S. effort that built the first atomic bombs.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

With years of data showing that people will rent and watch just about anything, Netflix was free to make a home for all the bombs and duds that it previously offered via snail mail.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

The talks went on for three or four weekends with me discussing various nuclear yields and how the bombs worked and frankly how insane it all was, and she was so kind to me.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

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

They also came after Israel bombed the disused Abu Duhur airbase in the country's northwest earlier in the week, claiming it wanted to avert Turkish troops deploying to the facility.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

Surviving crews say they were bombed, and detained, by U.S. forces.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

“Why were you forced to flee your island after your house was bombed? And why did you run into the woods instead of following the coast?”

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

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

Asked how long the bombing campaign could last, he told reporters: "I don’t think too long."

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

He was afraid of escalating tensions with the Soviet and Chinese Communists by increased bombing.

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




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