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: a skilled long-distance shooter in basketball
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France has its own independent arsenal of nuclear weapons, with both submarine and jet bomber delivery systems.
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Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
The PT boat became the bomber squadron of 15 bombers and their crews that Bentsen commanded at age 23.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
This is where history gets wild: On July 28, 1945, an American B-25 bomber plane flying over New York City took a wrong turn in the fog and crashed into the Empire State Building, then the world’s tallest building.
—Susan Young, People.com, 28 July 2025
The Air Force Medical Service and Air Force Global Strike Command, which oversees the service's nuclear-armed missile and bomber forces, began studying the missile community's cancer risks in 2023 after a Space Force officer compiled a list of cancer diagnoses at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 23 July 2025
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Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 30 July 2025
The PT boat became the bomber squadron of 15 bombers and their crews that Bentsen commanded at age 23.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
This is where history gets wild: On July 28, 1945, an American B-25 bomber plane flying over New York City took a wrong turn in the fog and crashed into the Empire State Building, then the world’s tallest building.
—Susan Young, People.com, 28 July 2025
The Air Force Medical Service and Air Force Global Strike Command, which oversees the service's nuclear-armed missile and bomber forces, began studying the missile community's cancer risks in 2023 after a Space Force officer compiled a list of cancer diagnoses at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana.
—Davis Winkie, USA Today, 23 July 2025
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“Bomber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bomber. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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bomber
noun
bomb·er
ˈbäm-ər 
: one that bombs
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: an airplane designed for dropping bombs
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