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bomber

[bom-er] / ˈbɒm ər /
NOUN
bombing airplane
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NOUN
terrorist
Synonyms


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U.S. officials were aware of an Iran-linked plot to attack the bomber aircraft and kill personnel at the base, The Wall Street Journal has reported.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

"But actually using it as a bomber base is a bit worrying."

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

One of them is Grieve, whose B-2 bomber crashed while taking off from Guam in 2008.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Recently, I’ve been interested in the reinventions of utilitarian clothing, such as bomber jackets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

It was something like a helicopter, painted a metallic gray-black like the photos of a stealth bomber in Otto’s airplane encyclopedia.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

Last week concerns about an Iranian drone attack prompted the U.S. to move its B-1 bombers from a British military base.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

B-1 bombers housed at Britain’s RAF Fairford exposed an Achilles’ heel in U.K. defenses: its air bases are far from drone-proof.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

But on Sunday, it emerged the US had pulled its bombers out of the base and returned them to America.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The bombers cost several hundred million dollars each and until recently, a dozen were sitting in the open at the air base, just northwest of London.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Lads with her experience were flying bombers now.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein


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