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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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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

Kainene showed her the bunker, a roughly dug pit covered with logs, before she began to walk toward the building at the far end of the compound.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 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

The decades had altered the course’s identity with everything from new trees to renovated bunkers.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

We have concrete plans, and concrete bunkers, to protect the new leadership.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 9, 2026

When he realized that his observatory shook slightly in the wind, making his measurements imperfect, he moved his instruments into underground bunkers.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

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

Evoe "At the short fourteenth Vardon was bunkered, and took an hour."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 24, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

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

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 cleanliness and saving of time from bunkering by the use of oil fuel is also an important factor in passenger ships, whilst considerable additional speed is obtainable.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various




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