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bomb

[bom] / bɒm /




VERB
fail miserably
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The latter aircraft were, of course, military jets, the A-4 being a light-attack aircraft that, under the definitions of the time, could deliver a hydrogen bomb.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Dahlia Lithwick: Even by the low, low standards of the DOJ these days, this was quite a bomb.

From Slate • May 22, 2026

Melbourne's Avalon Airport was partially shut down for several hours on Thursday after a laser hair removal device and a hot chocolate container sparked a bomb scare.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

"Imagine if either the Nazis or the Russians got the nuclear bomb first. That would have been a very, very different world," he said.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

“Can you tell me what time the first bomb hit Pearl Harbor?”

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin




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