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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Xi received the full pageantry of a state visit: a 21-gun salute, a flyover of U.S. jet fighters and a stealth bomber and a gift in the form of a large bald eagle statue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
"But actually using it as a bomber base is a bit worrying."
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Dressed in a camouflage bomber jacket, his eyes continued to linger on the magnified view of the downtown skyline as he spoke.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
One of them is Grieve, whose B-2 bomber crashed while taking off from Guam in 2008.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Mitch is dressed like Indiana Jones in khaki pants and a bomber jacket with a wide brim hat.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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
In March, small drones flew over Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, home to many B-52 bombers as well as the Global Strike Command, which oversees America’s bomber fleet and its intercontinental-ballistic missiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The bombers cost several hundred million dollars each and until recently, a dozen were sitting in the open at the air base, just northwest of London.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The night bombers didn’t need paved surfaces or even runways; the pilots just pointed their planes into the wind and took off from the dirt or the grass.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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