bunker

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Recent Examples of bunker The bunker brass now believe their best bet for survival lies on the surface, inside the giant crater left behind by the world-ending comet. Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025 The one-time PGA Tour winner arrived at the 212-yard, par-3 18th hole with just a one-stroke lead and sent his tee shot into a greenside bunker. Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025 There’s a longstanding rumor that the space was once a CIA bunker, the bar’s manager said. Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2025 If prison enabled a rebirth, and his descent into the bunker was also a burial, then this is his resurrection. Judy Berman, Time, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bunker
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Noun
  • By emphasizing the caper aspect and the goofy comedy of all this over the intricate plotting that is a hallmark of Westlake’s novels, Black lowers the stakes of a heist that involves halting a speeding NY subway refuse train and busting into a supposedly impenetrable Brooklyn vault.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Miles Mykkanen’s Sam gets to unsheathe his glinting high tenor, and Lauren Snouffer’s 14-year-old Sarah tosses her lithe soprano voice into airborne vaults.
    Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Cook wants the foundation to also benefit other neurodivergent kids, like those with ADHD or dyslexia.
    Victoria Moorwood, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The foundation of this look is a timeless trench, like the Orolay lightweight double-breasted overcoat.
    Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025

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“Bunker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bunker. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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