How to Use bomb squad in a Sentence

bomb squad

noun
  • That brought out the department’s bomb squad.
    — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2025
  • The area around the library was closed off as a state police bomb squad responded to the scene.
    — Doha Madani, NBC News, 24 Mar. 2024
  • The ‘bomb squad’ and what seemed to be, on paper, a bloated squad, sparked more negative headlines.
    — Simon Johnson and Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Israeli police said a bomb squad removed a number of fragments from areas in the north.
    — Isabel Debre and Sam McNeil, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The family called authorities, which led to a bomb squad being sent to the home.
    — Gil MacIas, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The fourth device was located at the marsh and destroyed by the Stamford bomb squad.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The police and Army bomb squad, led by Taylor-Johnson, are called in.
    — Carole Horst, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The dynamite was then taken away from the home and safely disposed of by bomb squad technicians.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
  • The national bomb squad is on its way to investigate the object, the spokesperson said.
    — NBC News, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Still, crime scene technicians and state police bomb squad are expected to remain at the scene throughout the night.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 29 May 2023
  • An arson bomb squad later found a 32-year-old man on a boat docked near the fire, Seattle police said.
    — Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The search of a trash can outside the Rodeway Inn room led police to contact the agency’s bomb squad.
    — Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 21 June 2024
  • Those paramedics respond to any SWAT or bomb squad incident.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Nearby streets were closed and a bomb squad was called, although authorities don't believe the man was a threat, per a spokesperson.
    — Mimi Montgomery, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The ‘bomb squad’ was a negative distraction at the start of this season but the number involved in it could be even greater this time around.
    — Simon Johnson, New York Times, 1 June 2025
  • The left-back was relegated to the ‘bomb squad’, a group of players who were told to train away from the first team in the hope a transfer would be arranged.
    — The Athletic Uk Staff, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Atlantic County's bomb squad and the state fire marshal were among emergency units that responded to the scene.
    — Joseph P. Smith, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The Waukegan police bomb squad collected the explosives.
    — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
  • An arson bomb squad detective found a man hiding in a boat docked near the fire, according to Seattle police.
    — Vonnai Phair, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Police Department’s bomb squad was brought in to ensure the area was clear of any other explosive device.
    — Warren Kulo | [email protected], al, 20 June 2023
  • The city's bomb squad responded to the store with explosive-sniffing dogs doing a search both inside and outside of the store, police said.
    — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025
  • The vehicle is being investigated by a bomb squad, Hall said.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Rønning said that the man had several bottles of liquid with him at the time of the arrest, which will now be investigated by a bomb squad.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 9 July 2024
  • The department sent a bomb squad from its Arson and Explosives Unit to the station.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The pair picked their way back out of the building to assemble a team of firefighters, police and bomb squad personnel to address the outage.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 20 May 2025
  • Dogs, drones and a helicopter are involved in the hunt for the perpetrators and a bomb squad was at the embassy earlier, the police said.
    — Heidi Taksdal Skjeseth, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Sheriff's office deputies and the Washington State Patrol bomb squad were called in to assist.
    — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Michigan State Police bomb squad also responded to the attack.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The area was cleared by authorities, including bomb squad dogs, who determined there were no explosives after all.
    — Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • One person was arrested at the scene once the warrant was served, and a bomb squad was called in to investigate the fireworks cache, an officer said.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 28 May 2026

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