bomb scare
noun
: a situation in which people are afraid because someone says that a bomb is going to explode
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The situation escalated after that, with a bomb scare on a Frontier flight, an arrest and a still-active court case.
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Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Aug. 2025
Roseville church bomb scare At the Roseville church, employees and volunteers were terrified after security found the backpack shortly after Sunday services on Nov. 12, 2023, the FBI affidavit says.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The incident comes just more than a month after a bomb scare prompted the temporary evacuation of Terminal B at the Queens airport in addition to the suspension of several flights.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 2024
As such, the entrance to the Palais was closed briefly on the afternoon of May 18 after a bomb scare due to a rucksack that was found in the crosswalk.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 21 May 2024
Here's what to know Gilbert aims to regulate brass knuckles, add funding for police amid Goons fallout False-alarm bomb scare at Peoria City Hall ruled a mental health incident
Saavedra organizes a quarterly free swap market dubbed the Garfield Really Really Free Market at Aim Right.
—Morgan Fischer, The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2024
During the 2022 August primary in Michigan, a bomb scare temporarily closed a polling location in Linden to allow Michigan State Police's bomb squad to investigate a suspicious backpack found by an election worker.
—Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
Earlier last week, fitness centers in Hamden and East Haven were evacuated following the latest in a series of bomb threats made against the gym chain — marking the second time since last week the East Haven location received a bomb scare.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2024
Trump’s comments highlighted a day of back-and-forth among lawyers that began with a bomb scare directed at a judge's home.
—Spencer Elliott, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
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Patricia Gallagher Newberry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Aug. 2025
Roseville church bomb scare At the Roseville church, employees and volunteers were terrified after security found the backpack shortly after Sunday services on Nov. 12, 2023, the FBI affidavit says.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 4 Apr. 2025
The incident comes just more than a month after a bomb scare prompted the temporary evacuation of Terminal B at the Queens airport in addition to the suspension of several flights.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 2024
As such, the entrance to the Palais was closed briefly on the afternoon of May 18 after a bomb scare due to a rucksack that was found in the crosswalk.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 21 May 2024
Here's what to know Gilbert aims to regulate brass knuckles, add funding for police amid Goons fallout False-alarm bomb scare at Peoria City Hall ruled a mental health incident
Saavedra organizes a quarterly free swap market dubbed the Garfield Really Really Free Market at Aim Right.
—Morgan Fischer, The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2024
During the 2022 August primary in Michigan, a bomb scare temporarily closed a polling location in Linden to allow Michigan State Police's bomb squad to investigate a suspicious backpack found by an election worker.
—Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
Earlier last week, fitness centers in Hamden and East Haven were evacuated following the latest in a series of bomb threats made against the gym chain — marking the second time since last week the East Haven location received a bomb scare.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2024
Trump’s comments highlighted a day of back-and-forth among lawyers that began with a bomb scare directed at a judge's home.
—Spencer Elliott, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
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