Examples of letter bomb in a Sentence
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Kaczynski killed three people and injured 23 more with letter bombs during his criminal career.
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Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
In Operation Damocles, Mossad went after the German scientists with letter bombs and threatened their families.
—Dan De Luce, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2024
From letter bombs to exploding mobile phones to drone strikes, targeting enemies for assassination has long been part of Israel’s playbook, dating back to the Zionist underground movement before the country’s founding.
—Keir Simmons, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2024
Another letter bomb was sent to the headquarters of Instalaza, a Spanish firm that manufactures weapons and military equipment, including some used to help Ukrainian forces.
—José Bautista, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2022
Top officials from the organization were the target of the letter bomb attack that the Mossad chief requested in 1965 but that was ultimately unsuccessful.
—Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023
Days before Wednesday’s announcement, the New York Times had reported that U.S. officials believe Russian military intelligence officers directed associates of a White supremacist militant group based in Russia to carry out the letter bomb campaign in Spain last year.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2023
After the news conference, a spokesperson for the Interior Ministry said in text messages that another letter bomb had been sent to the U.S. Embassy in Madrid and that it had been safely detonated.
—John Ismay, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2022
After the news conference, a spokesperson for the Interior Ministry said in text messages that another letter bomb had been sent to the US Embassy in Madrid and that it had been safely detonated.
—José Bautista, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2022
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Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
In Operation Damocles, Mossad went after the German scientists with letter bombs and threatened their families.
—Dan De Luce, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2024
From letter bombs to exploding mobile phones to drone strikes, targeting enemies for assassination has long been part of Israel’s playbook, dating back to the Zionist underground movement before the country’s founding.
—Keir Simmons, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2024
Another letter bomb was sent to the headquarters of Instalaza, a Spanish firm that manufactures weapons and military equipment, including some used to help Ukrainian forces.
—José Bautista, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2022
Top officials from the organization were the target of the letter bomb attack that the Mossad chief requested in 1965 but that was ultimately unsuccessful.
—Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2023
Days before Wednesday’s announcement, the New York Times had reported that U.S. officials believe Russian military intelligence officers directed associates of a White supremacist militant group based in Russia to carry out the letter bomb campaign in Spain last year.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 25 Jan. 2023
After the news conference, a spokesperson for the Interior Ministry said in text messages that another letter bomb had been sent to the U.S. Embassy in Madrid and that it had been safely detonated.
—John Ismay, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2022
After the news conference, a spokesperson for the Interior Ministry said in text messages that another letter bomb had been sent to the US Embassy in Madrid and that it had been safely detonated.
—José Bautista, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Dec. 2022
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“Letter bomb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/letter%20bomb. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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