Examples of car bomb in a Sentence
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In cities across the country, including the capital, emergency call centers were fielding hundreds of reports of suspicious objects; everyone thought there was a car bomb on their street.
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Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2024
In the fall, gangs assassinated a presidential candidate, Fernando Villavicencio, and set off car bombs in front of government buildings.
—USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
Its first project focused on the work of Daphne Caruana Galizia, a Maltese journalist killed by a car bomb in 2017.
—Jeremy Barr, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2023
In June of 1976, Arizona Republic investigative reporter Don Bolles was infamously murdered after sustaining injuries from a car bomb explosion outside the Hotel Clarendon in Phoenix.
—Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 13 Mar. 2024
Malta on Sunday marked the fifth anniversary of the car bomb slaying of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, with calls for justice and praise for the courage of a woman whose death shocked Europe and exposed a culture of impunity on the Mediterranean island nation.
—Kevin Schembri Orland, ajc, 16 Oct. 2022
Later at the party, when Carlos regales attendees with a harrowing story of near death and a car bomb, the audience has been primed to react the same way.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2024
The Ukrainian military has maintained an armed resistance behind the frontlines in all four oblasts, with reports every few weeks of car bombs targeting Russian officers or local collaborators.
—David Lewis, Foreign Affairs, 18 Jan. 2024
With news reports regularly featuring beheadings, car bombs and police assassinations, Mr. Noboa and Ms. González have vowed to rein in the violence, though neither has made security a central part of their campaigns.
—Genevieve Glatsky, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023
Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2024
In the fall, gangs assassinated a presidential candidate, Fernando Villavicencio, and set off car bombs in front of government buildings.
—USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
Its first project focused on the work of Daphne Caruana Galizia, a Maltese journalist killed by a car bomb in 2017.
—Jeremy Barr, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2023
In June of 1976, Arizona Republic investigative reporter Don Bolles was infamously murdered after sustaining injuries from a car bomb explosion outside the Hotel Clarendon in Phoenix.
—Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 13 Mar. 2024
Malta on Sunday marked the fifth anniversary of the car bomb slaying of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, with calls for justice and praise for the courage of a woman whose death shocked Europe and exposed a culture of impunity on the Mediterranean island nation.
—Kevin Schembri Orland, ajc, 16 Oct. 2022
Later at the party, when Carlos regales attendees with a harrowing story of near death and a car bomb, the audience has been primed to react the same way.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2024
The Ukrainian military has maintained an armed resistance behind the frontlines in all four oblasts, with reports every few weeks of car bombs targeting Russian officers or local collaborators.
—David Lewis, Foreign Affairs, 18 Jan. 2024
With news reports regularly featuring beheadings, car bombs and police assassinations, Mr. Noboa and Ms. González have vowed to rein in the violence, though neither has made security a central part of their campaigns.
—Genevieve Glatsky, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023
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“Car bomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/car%20bomb. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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