bomb scare
noun
: a situation in which people are afraid because someone says that a bomb is going to explode
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The incident comes just more than a month after a bomb scare prompted the temporary evacuation of Terminal B at the Queens airport in addition to the suspension of several flights.
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 2024
Earlier last week, fitness centers in Hamden and East Haven were evacuated following the latest in a series of bomb threats made against the gym chain — marking the second time since last week the East Haven location received a bomb scare.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2024
As such, the entrance to the Palais was closed briefly on the afternoon of May 18 after a bomb scare due to a rucksack that was found in the crosswalk.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 21 May 2024
Here's what to know Gilbert aims to regulate brass knuckles, add funding for police amid Goons fallout False-alarm bomb scare at Peoria City Hall ruled a mental health incident
Saavedra organizes a quarterly free swap market dubbed the Garfield Really Really Free Market at Aim Right.
—Morgan Fischer, The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2024
During the 2022 August primary in Michigan, a bomb scare temporarily closed a polling location in Linden to allow Michigan State Police's bomb squad to investigate a suspicious backpack found by an election worker.
—Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
Trump’s comments highlighted a day of back-and-forth among lawyers that began with a bomb scare directed at a judge's home.
—Spencer Elliott, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
In response, Kandel was invited to speak at the college, a controversial event that produced a bomb scare and threats of arrest.
—Joy Lanzendorfer, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
Memories are still fresh from the mail bomb scare at its New York offices in 2018 — part of an environment that subsided before Licht and Zaslav arrived.
—Jim Rutenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 10 Dec. 2024
Earlier last week, fitness centers in Hamden and East Haven were evacuated following the latest in a series of bomb threats made against the gym chain — marking the second time since last week the East Haven location received a bomb scare.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2024
As such, the entrance to the Palais was closed briefly on the afternoon of May 18 after a bomb scare due to a rucksack that was found in the crosswalk.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 21 May 2024
Here's what to know Gilbert aims to regulate brass knuckles, add funding for police amid Goons fallout False-alarm bomb scare at Peoria City Hall ruled a mental health incident
Saavedra organizes a quarterly free swap market dubbed the Garfield Really Really Free Market at Aim Right.
—Morgan Fischer, The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2024
During the 2022 August primary in Michigan, a bomb scare temporarily closed a polling location in Linden to allow Michigan State Police's bomb squad to investigate a suspicious backpack found by an election worker.
—Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
Trump’s comments highlighted a day of back-and-forth among lawyers that began with a bomb scare directed at a judge's home.
—Spencer Elliott, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
In response, Kandel was invited to speak at the college, a controversial event that produced a bomb scare and threats of arrest.
—Joy Lanzendorfer, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
Memories are still fresh from the mail bomb scare at its New York offices in 2018 — part of an environment that subsided before Licht and Zaslav arrived.
—Jim Rutenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
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