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: a skilled long-distance shooter in basketball
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With its comfortable fit and versatile design, the bomber has become the de facto silhouette for cool-girls everywhere.
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Kelsey Stewart, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2025
Work a touch of sport in by teaming it up with a bomber cotton zip-up.
—Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025
Even a token port call or bomber overflight could add political friction – and pause for thought in Washington.
—Robert Muggah, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
Squadron name revived Labeling the drone unit as the 431st squadron revives a name that traces back to World War II, when it was activated in 1943 as the 431st Fighter Squadron in Australia, flying long-range P-38 Lightning fighters as escorts for US bombers in the Pacific theater.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
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Kelsey Stewart, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2025
Work a touch of sport in by teaming it up with a bomber cotton zip-up.
—Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2025
Even a token port call or bomber overflight could add political friction – and pause for thought in Washington.
—Robert Muggah, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
Squadron name revived Labeling the drone unit as the 431st squadron revives a name that traces back to World War II, when it was activated in 1943 as the 431st Fighter Squadron in Australia, flying long-range P-38 Lightning fighters as escorts for US bombers in the Pacific theater.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Bomber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bomber. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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bomber
noun
bomb·er
ˈbäm-ər 
: one that bombs
especially
: an airplane designed for dropping bombs
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