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: a skilled long-distance shooter in basketball
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The agency is responsible for overseeing thousands of warheads that are not currently deployed on missiles, bombers and submarines.
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The Npr Network, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
My journey to complete the nuclear triad took me aboard both a B-52 and a B-2 stealth bomber, down into a Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile silo and deep beneath the waves on a ballistic missile submarine.
—Naveed Jamali, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Also last week, two B-1 Lancer bombers departed from Dyess Air Force Base in Texas and flew near the coast of Venezuela, according to flight tracking data.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2025
Add a vintage leather bomber or a faux leather version like this $160 option from Abercrombie & Fitch, et voilà.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 31 Oct. 2025
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The Npr Network, NPR, 6 Nov. 2025
My journey to complete the nuclear triad took me aboard both a B-52 and a B-2 stealth bomber, down into a Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile silo and deep beneath the waves on a ballistic missile submarine.
—Naveed Jamali, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Also last week, two B-1 Lancer bombers departed from Dyess Air Force Base in Texas and flew near the coast of Venezuela, according to flight tracking data.
—Ellen Mitchell, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2025
Add a vintage leather bomber or a faux leather version like this $160 option from Abercrombie & Fitch, et voilà.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 31 Oct. 2025
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“Bomber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bomber. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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bomber
noun
bomb·er
ˈbäm-ər 
: one that bombs
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: an airplane designed for dropping bombs
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