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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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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

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

I am not the only person who has been inside this bunker, aside from the many actors and crew members from various productions.

From BBC 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

We dug a secret bunker deep beneath the castle and locked the crates inside.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

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

The book includes photos of makeshift camps, barracks, latrines and other infrastructure, including the photography bunkers from which images of the explosion would be taken.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 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

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

On the way back we explore one of the old World War II bunkers and peek at the tide pools.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

Antoniadi kept Pizza Hut closed and bunkered down in the restaurant for three days.

From Slate Nov. 13, 2025

Ukrainian defenders bunkered in a pharmaceutical plant before finally retreating over a bridge to Severodonetsk.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2022

“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 Sir Owen Seaman

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

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

"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

Russia approved some changes to its fuel export ban, lifting the restrictions for fuel used as bunkering for some vessels and diesel with high sulphur content, a government document showed on Monday.

From Reuters Sep. 25, 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 Edmund Blunden




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