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The art of defusing a second world war bomb
The long read: On 14 January this year, army and navy squads faced an unprecedented challenge: one bomb on a Plymouth building site, another floating on a dredger in Exmouth. That afternoon, the clock started ticking
theguardian.com
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The art of defusing a second world war bomb
The long read: On 14 January this year, army and navy squads faced an unprecedented challenge: one bomb on a Plymouth building site, another floating on a dredger in Exmouth. That afternoon, the clock started ticking
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| October 7, 2026 at 12:45 AM EDT | Link resolves | Passed | 200 | 200, text/html, 417188 characters, landed on https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/oct/06/it-could-knock-a-whole-street-down-the-art-of-defusing-a-second-world-war-bomb |
| October 7, 2026 at 12:45 AM EDT | Page contains the quotation | Passed | 200 | the page contains the quotation, exactly |
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