How to Use A-bomb in a Sentence
A-bomb
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If dragons are nukes, Vhagar is an H-bomb while everyone else still has lesser A-bombs.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 20 June 2026
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Surviving the A-bomb at age 3 Mimaki was 3 years old in 1945.
—Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 16 Aug. 2025
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Three days later, the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis arrived with the A-bomb’s gun assembly.
—David Perlmutt, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
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His volunteer work has earned him the honour of being selected as one of two local children to speak at this year's ceremony to commemorate 80 years since the A-bomb was dropped -- its first use in war.
—Rikako Maruyama, USA Today, 6 Aug. 2025
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Basic science, including theoretic work, was absolutely essential to the A-bomb project and will be so for quantum computing, fusion (which the report promotes), and next-generation fission.
—Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
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