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: a skilled long-distance shooter in basketball
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In the meantime, the six would-be bombers fled back to Canada to wait out the war in neutral territory.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
Antiaircraft fire kept the bombers so high, however, that aim was difficult to manage, and the bombs fell indiscriminately, destroying more than 4,300 homes while damaging three-quarters of the city's factories.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
And my first deployments were to the North Atlantic, intercepting Russian bombers coming around the northern tip of Norway.
—Outside Online, 13 Nov. 2024
The battle proved a key victory that allowed the U.S. to launch B-29 bombers directly at Japan’s home islands.
—Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2024
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
Antiaircraft fire kept the bombers so high, however, that aim was difficult to manage, and the bombs fell indiscriminately, destroying more than 4,300 homes while damaging three-quarters of the city's factories.
—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
And my first deployments were to the North Atlantic, intercepting Russian bombers coming around the northern tip of Norway.
—Outside Online, 13 Nov. 2024
The battle proved a key victory that allowed the U.S. to launch B-29 bombers directly at Japan’s home islands.
—Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2024
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“Bomber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bomber. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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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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