In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
DIVEBOMB
Etymology
Verb
divebomb (third-person singular simple present divebombs, present participle divebombing, simple past and past participle divebombed)
(of an aircraft) To bomb whilst in a steep dive.
(of a bird) To attack (especially the head of) a person or animal that strays into their territory.
(of a motorist) To overtake slower traffic by way of a more circuitous route, such as a pair of freeway exit and entrance ramps.
Source: Wiktionary
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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