fallout shelter
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The Diefenbunker still has most of the form and features of the nuclear fallout shelter it once was for Canadian government and military V.I.P.s.
From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2023
Our basement bunker was actually a combination bomb shelter and fallout shelter, to protect us from both the explosion and the subsequent radiation.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 25, 2022
When Putin started talking about nuclear weapons, Narro posted a fallout shelter sign to social media.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2022
Returning to my most familiar places from the Before times was like crawling out of a fallout shelter and taking stock.
From Salon • Jun. 19, 2021
Black-and-yellow triangular fallout shelter signs proliferated in public spaces, pointing the way to underground refuge from radiation.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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