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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

One estimate placed the cost of the ballroom and the bunker at $600 million, with taxpayers covering half, the Washington Post reported.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 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

Some were wounded on the way to the bunker, but none were killed, officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 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

"There are a lot of bunkers that you don't really want to be in. You can have a lot of really long irons into par-four holes as well."

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

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 attacks have made Madyar a priority target for Russia, he says, forcing him into secret underground bunkers.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

Then they ran to their cellars, bomb shelters, and underground bunkers.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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

I won with fourteen, which wasn't bad, considering I was bunkered in a bed of daffodils.

From The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates

"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

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

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

"Well, what do you want me to do about it?" said Charles, bunkering his cigar-stump badly to the right of the coal-scuttle.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 5th, 1914 by Various




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