Example Sentences

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Plymouth City Council said the cordon was set to be extended "in the coming days" so the undetonated bomb could be made safe.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2024

Did you know, for example, that an undetonated nuclear bomb is buried somewhere in the farmland around Goldsboro, North Carolina?

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2023

The hazard posed by small undetonated munitions prevented Times reporters from closely examining all the weapons that landed.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2022

Venediktova also showed The Post photos of undetonated cluster bombs she said were collected in Kherson — munitions banned by more than 100 countries in 2010.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2022

It was exceedingly fortunate for the inhabitants of the French village that the bombs remained undetonated.

From Night Bombing with the Bedouins by Reece, Robert Henry