as in ballistic
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Recent Examples of nuclear
For decades, Israel has discreetly maintained an arsenal of Jericho ballistic missiles, which are built for carrying warheads from Israel’s undeclared nuclear program rather than use in conventional warfare.
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Paul Iddon, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Russia has agreed to help President Donald Trump work with Iran over its nuclear program, Bloomberg reports.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
More than 1,000 rail shipments originating from a spur built at SONGS have left the site, with most of the cargo heading to nuclear disposal site in Clive, Utah.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
How to address the problem of nuclear waste has been complicated by politics since the advent of nuclear power last century.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2025
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Paul Iddon, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Russia has agreed to help President Donald Trump work with Iran over its nuclear program, Bloomberg reports.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
More than 1,000 rail shipments originating from a spur built at SONGS have left the site, with most of the cargo heading to nuclear disposal site in Clive, Utah.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
How to address the problem of nuclear waste has been complicated by politics since the advent of nuclear power last century.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nuclear
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This one, made from ballistic nylon, has a zippered entry to a padded laptop compartment, a padded mesh back panel, a key leash, plus pen holders and tons of other organizational features.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2025
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Russia has been launching waves of ballistic and cruise missiles towards Ukraine on regular basis, and been striking cities, energy infrastructure and civilian targets weekly.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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Williamson said earlier this week that his hamstring is completely healed, but his mental state remains a work in progress.—
oregonlive,
oregonlive,
13 Apr. 2023
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Sign up That Torrance pushed Vial and Eduardo to such mental anguish does not surprise immigrant-justice advocates.—
María Inés Taracena,
The New Republic,
12 Apr. 2023
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The counselor also told police Trotman had had a previous psychotic break in which he was found wandering the woods.—
Peter Hermann,
Washington Post,
7 Feb. 2023
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Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.—
Thomas Saccente,
Arkansas Online,
17 Jan. 2023
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The dissolve to a commercial break a moment later was silent, with no applause; the discourse the following week was predictably berserk.—
Vulture Staff,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2025
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Photo: Disney Beyond that, Disney films also had a berserk sense of spectacle and showmanship that distinguished them.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
24 July 2024
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And yet our maniac coach is playing everyone too many minutes, including the injury prone players.—
James L. Edwards III,
The Athletic,
14 Jan. 2025
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At first glance, Torres’ debut film seems like a quirky, millennial visual feast about a desperate El Salvadorian and a maniac artist.—
The Arizona Republic,
The Arizona Republic,
14 Mar. 2024
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European leaders had tried to guide Trump in the days before Zelenskyy arrived, but Trump is wedded to his demented dream of a troika of strongmen — himself, Putin and Xi Jinping — astride the world.—
Maureen Dowd,
The Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Mickey is racked with guilt over a fateful childhood mistake, and so his purgatorial existence, in which he is denied the pleasures of life and the closure of death, becomes a demented search for grace.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
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With his shock of spiky hair and adrenaline rushes, Smith turns a corporate villain into a lunatic new-wave frontman.—
Charles McNultyTheater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2023
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The first personality is the lunatic, chaotic artist, with no limits.—
John Bleasdale,
Variety,
8 Dec. 2022
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The same is true of their treatment of Number One, Luther, who is gravely harmed on a doomed solo mission and injected with a life-saving experimental serum that transforms his body into that of an ape-human hybrid.—
Crispin Long,
The New Yorker,
12 July 2022
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Each faces resistance from his own side, since anti-ape prejudice is still part of the formerly dominant species’ worldview.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
13 May 2021
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“Nuclear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nuclear. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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