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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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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

He said the work on the underground bunker may proceed.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

He has identified what he calls a "data bunker boom", external in which data centres are increasingly going underground.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

The Trump administration asked the US Supreme Court on Friday to allow it to complete construction of a ballroom and secure underground bunker at the White House, saying the project was essential for national security.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

Max removes the boards, and the children—Cesia, Janek, and Dziusia—along with Schillinger, and Old Hirsch, and Max, according to today’s rotation, go inside the bunker.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

On our way up here, we had passed graffiti flamingos on the sides of bunkers and on the path itself, but he had made no reference to them in his spiel about the island’s history.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2026

But the appeals court noted that the existing injunction specifically allows construction of underground bunkers, bomb shelters and military and medical infrastructure to continue, along with aboveground work strictly necessary for security.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

These weapons allow the US to conduct precision strikes against hardened military targets, such as command bunkers or fortified military facilities, without putting manned aircraft in harm's way.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Missiles typically carry bigger warheads than drones, can penetrate bunkers and are harder to intercept.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

Even as the horrid recital continued, two guards came out of the bunkers, carrying between them the form of a man.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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

Boys, for the moment we are bunkered; we must employ the niblick.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-14 by Sir Owen Seaman

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 and the BMI insist any occurrences of oil spills in the region are because of theft - known in the industry as "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

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

I will try to relate it here mainly in the words of the chief engineer of a certain steamship which, after bunkering, left Lerwick, bound for Iceland. 

From Notes on Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad




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