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: a skilled long-distance shooter in basketball
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The result should be a strategy that combines three types of capabilities: expendable uncrewed systems, such as drones and missiles; stealthy penetrating platforms, such as B-21 bombers and Virginia-class submarines; and legacy power-projection forces, such as aircraft carriers.
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Zack Cooper, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2025
The maneuvers come as United States B-52 bombers carried out their second flyover in the Middle East within 48 hours, a show of force that underscores growing regional uncertainty.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
There are also bombers and submarines with nuclear-armed missiles.
—Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2025
Authorities also discovered neo-Nazi paraphernalia in his residence and a framed portrait of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.
—Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 4 Feb. 2025
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Zack Cooper, Foreign Affairs, 21 Feb. 2025
The maneuvers come as United States B-52 bombers carried out their second flyover in the Middle East within 48 hours, a show of force that underscores growing regional uncertainty.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
There are also bombers and submarines with nuclear-armed missiles.
—Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2025
Authorities also discovered neo-Nazi paraphernalia in his residence and a framed portrait of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.
—Ben Brachfeld, People.com, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Bomber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bomber. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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bomber
noun
bomb·er
ˈbäm-ər 
: one that bombs
especially
: an airplane designed for dropping bombs
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