fallout shelter
noun
: a shelter built underground to protect people from radioactive fallout
Beginning in the 1970s, curious tales began to emerge from Washington, D.C., about a "doomsday hotel." Located near the nation's capital, it was said to be the ultimate fallout shelter. But only for the well-connected.—
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Bachman writes that 1961 plans for an office building at 28 Rope Ferry Road, near the current day Community Center, included a fallout shelter for 300 people.
—Daniel Drainville, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2024
On the cover, Dylan is seated with a cat on his lap, surrounded by movie magazines, a fallout shelter sign, a copy of Time with Lyndon Johnson on the cover, and several vinyl records, including his previous LP, Another Side of Bob Dylan.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2024
The arena Lucy must survive, as well as the bevy of television screens, feels more 1970s fallout shelter and less future-tech.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 27 Apr. 2023
Ella Purnell stars as Lucy, an idealistic young woman born underground in a luxury fallout shelter, who knows nothing of the wasteland above.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Apr. 2024
The basement, which used to be an unground fallout shelter, has also been turned into a wine cellar.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 July 2023
Kennedy encouraged but didn’t subsidize construction of these private bunkers (though his administration did implement a fallout shelter loan program).
—Jenn Morson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2023
Dorothy thinks her dad could easily have built a fallout shelter.
—Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2020
Just a few years earlier, there was the Victorville gold mine that became a fallout shelter — for a while, anyway.
—Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2021
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Daniel Drainville, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2024
On the cover, Dylan is seated with a cat on his lap, surrounded by movie magazines, a fallout shelter sign, a copy of Time with Lyndon Johnson on the cover, and several vinyl records, including his previous LP, Another Side of Bob Dylan.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2024
The arena Lucy must survive, as well as the bevy of television screens, feels more 1970s fallout shelter and less future-tech.
—Jessica Wang, EW.com, 27 Apr. 2023
Ella Purnell stars as Lucy, an idealistic young woman born underground in a luxury fallout shelter, who knows nothing of the wasteland above.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Apr. 2024
The basement, which used to be an unground fallout shelter, has also been turned into a wine cellar.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 July 2023
Kennedy encouraged but didn’t subsidize construction of these private bunkers (though his administration did implement a fallout shelter loan program).
—Jenn Morson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2023
Dorothy thinks her dad could easily have built a fallout shelter.
—Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2020
Just a few years earlier, there was the Victorville gold mine that became a fallout shelter — for a while, anyway.
—Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2021
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“Fallout shelter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fallout%20shelter. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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