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Recent Examples of bomber
Dressed simply in a black bomber and flashing a colossal gold chain, Floyy commanded the room during his 20-minute set.
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Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2025
For the rest of her look, Beer layered a white button-down sweater under Cherish the Label’s vintage oversize classic leather bomber Jacket.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
On June 2, 1944, Vultee produced its last Vengeance dive-bomber, before the plant was retooled to manufacture P-38 fighters.
—Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Oct. 2025
The easiest way in is with a pair of slim black leggings or trousers; the leather bomber-capris combo above is pure elegance.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2025
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Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2025
For the rest of her look, Beer layered a white button-down sweater under Cherish the Label’s vintage oversize classic leather bomber Jacket.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
On June 2, 1944, Vultee produced its last Vengeance dive-bomber, before the plant was retooled to manufacture P-38 fighters.
—Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Oct. 2025
The easiest way in is with a pair of slim black leggings or trousers; the leather bomber-capris combo above is pure elegance.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bomber
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The recent drone escalation appears minor compared with the scale of the war that Putin began in 2022, when hundreds of thousands of Russian troops, tanks, and warplanes poured into Ukraine.—
Andrew Ryvkin,
The Atlantic,
14 Oct. 2025
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That morphed following its devastating 1980s war with Iraq into more of an effort to provide a level of deterrence as Arab nations around it purchased sophisticated American bombs, warplanes and tanks that Tehran couldn’t access due to sanctions.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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Rare earths and the magnets made from them are used heavily by militaries in weapons like fighter jets, drones and missiles, and are also critical for manufacturing goods such as smartphones and electric vehicles.—
Josh Xiao Bloomberg,
Arkansas Online,
7 Jan. 2026
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Fighter jets bombed strategic targets in Panama City and Colón, while ground forces dismantled the Panamanian Defense Forces.—
Cristina Guevara,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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That’s partly what drew our host, French entrepreneur David Tuchbant, to make his second home away from Paris all the way out here—atop a mossy, forested bluff an hour’s seaplane ride from Vancouver, BC.—
Laura Dannen Redman,
Robb Report,
5 Dec. 2025
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Set in the middle of a host of beautiful lakes, Tavares is known America’s Seaplane City because of the high number of seaplanes that take off and land from its seaplane base.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
25 Oct. 2025
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Before becoming the 41st U.S. President, George H. W. Bush received training on the Avenger TBF/TBM torpedo bomber at NAS Ft. Lauderdale from June 16 to Aug. 16, 1943.—
Lauren Ferrer,
Sun Sentinel,
3 July 2024
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Several hundred aircraft would assemble, including dive bombers, torpedo bombers and fighter planes, such as the P38 Lightnings, F4F Wildcats, F6F Hellcats, F4U Corsairs and P-40 Warhawks.—
Linda McIntosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Aug. 2023
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Estimates placed the number of fighters at roughly 800, with militants reportedly crossing the border under the pretense of religious pilgrimages before gathering at a base in Ahvaz and being dispatched to various regions.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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Russia also has invested heavily in Venezuela’s oil industry, as did China, and offered Caracas generous loans to purchase top-of-the-line air defense missiles, fighter jets and other weapons.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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Stratolaunch tests reusable hypersonic rocket plane.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 May 2025
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Ambitious short film chronicles daring flight of X-15 rocket plane test pilot (video) Going to SXSW 2025?—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
8 Mar. 2025
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My goal was to spot something rare—without assistance—among the 610 bird species and more than 700 different species of fish, mammal, reptile, and amphibian in Yasuní.—
Noah Lederman,
Robb Report,
3 Jan. 2026
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Reptile and amphibian facts Often mixed up, reptiles and amphibians are different in many ways.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
9 Dec. 2025
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Boeing will not face a criminal conspiracy charge over two 737 Max jetliner crashes that killed 346 people, after a federal judge in Texas on Thursday granted the government’s request to dismiss the case.—
Jamie Stengle,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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Jennifer Buchanan | Via Reuters Boeing has won regulator approval to ramp up production of its best-selling 737 Max jetliners to 42 a month, a milestone for the manufacturer nearly two years after the Federal Aviation Administration capped its output after a midair near-catastrophe.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Bomber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bomber. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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