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The final scene was a flashback, showing a woman questioning a congressman in Washington, DC, about possible retaliation after the US dropped a dirty bomb on Iran.—ArsTechnica, 21 Apr. 2026 Showrunner Graham Yost promised that many questions are set to be answered, such as the origin of the Pez dispenser and the dirty bomb, while also stating that this season sets up an important location that plays a role in the fourth and final season.—Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2026 Aerial suppression tech for radiological attacks According to the team led by nuclear emergency expert Lin Yuanye, new mobile aerial suppression systems could one day limit the devastating impact of a dirty bomb.—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 9 Nov. 2025 There’ll also be more to learn about the dirty bomb.—Barry Levitt, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dirty bomb