bomb scare
noun
: a situation in which people are afraid because someone says that a bomb is going to explode
Examples of bomb scare in a Sentence
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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.
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Detroit Free Press, 8 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
In response, Kandel was invited to speak at the college, a controversial event that produced a bomb scare and threats of arrest.
—Joy Lanzendorfer, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
Memories are still fresh from the mail bomb scare at its New York offices in 2018 — part of an environment that subsided before Licht and Zaslav arrived.
—Jim Rutenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
In 1997, the event was canceled and restaged to a small audience after a bomb scare threatened the original date.
—Leila Sackur, NBC News, 15 Apr. 2023
Detroit Free Press, 8 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
In response, Kandel was invited to speak at the college, a controversial event that produced a bomb scare and threats of arrest.
—Joy Lanzendorfer, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
Memories are still fresh from the mail bomb scare at its New York offices in 2018 — part of an environment that subsided before Licht and Zaslav arrived.
—Jim Rutenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
In 1997, the event was canceled and restaged to a small audience after a bomb scare threatened the original date.
—Leila Sackur, NBC News, 15 Apr. 2023
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