noun
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a military aircraft designed to carry out bombing missions
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a person who plants bombs
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slang navy a Polaris submarine
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The first DHC-515 -- the modernized version of the water bomber -- will go to Greece, Cote said, "in early 2028."
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Swire believes Megrahi is innocent, even befriending the convicted bomber up until his death in 2012.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
Mostly, these conversations, when not venting about the disruption to bus schedules and the noisiness of bomber jet flyovers, focus on the absolute failure of the fair.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
The B-52 bomber is considered a marvel not only of the U.S. military but of all aviation history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
My father explains what I already know, but in my rage against the bomber, I can’t hold onto the truth of what he says.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
The water bombers, grounded often for maintenance, are prompting a debate over the country’s wildfire readiness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
As French firefighters struggle to contain the worst wildfires in living memory with just 12 aerial water bombers, production of the iconic aircraft creaks along half a world away in a Canadian factory.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
That includes B-1 bombers currently staged in the U.K.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The type of slow, steady grooming Anya describes is designed to avoid triggering the target's sense of danger, "like stealth bombers are designed just to go under the radar", says the psychologist Quinn-Cirillo.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
They were going to protect Saratov’s bridges and railways from enemy bombers, and to guard the Saratov Aviation Factory, the very factory where their own planes had been built.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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