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bombers

  • plural
    of bomber.
    bomber
    noun
    an airplane equipped to carry and drop bombs.

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Surviving the mountains, the bombers fly into another nightmare.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Days after the incident the United States withdrew all its B-1 bombers from the base.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Last week, Downing Street insisted the airbase was safe after the US withdrew all of its bombers – about a dozen B-1s from the base – back to their home stations on American soil.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 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

The commander of the front himself sent a telegram to the regiment, congratulating the two pilots on their fearlessness and airmanship: they had turned away forty-two enemy bombers, and shot down four of them.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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