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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bunker
Noun
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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
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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
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Cook wants the foundation to also benefit other neurodivergent kids, like those with ADHD or dyslexia.—
Victoria Moorwood,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
4 Oct. 2025
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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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