ambush

El Salvador has deployed special forces to Haiti after four of its soldiers serving in a UN-backed force in the Caribbean nation went missing following a gang ambush, officials said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

The ancient landscape surrounding the fossil site contained wetlands and marshes that could have provided suitable habitat for an enormous ambush predator.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Two months after D-Day, in August 1944, Peter Ortiz led an ambush against Nazi forces in the French Alps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

“I’m not going to ambush those guys, and I’m not going to ambush Glas,” Roberts said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

They crept inside, wary of ambush, but the place was empty.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

The filmmakers take their time revealing what long-ago crimes have so incensed Okuzaki as he more or less ambushes old comrades and superiors in their homes, confronting them with his accusations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

AFP spoke to his former business partner, ex-major Omar Rodriguez, who said that after a few desert ambushes last year, Quijano "paused" the operation.

From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025

Yet so much can derail them: fractured supply chains, staff blowups, quirks of locations and traffic, social media ambushes, even the unexpected, like COVID.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025

And as climate change supercharges more storms, fires, earthquakes, and other inevitable tragedies throughout this year and beyond, prepare to have to deal with these ambushes as well.

From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2025

Alexa runs down the stairs and ambushes me with a giant hug, too.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio

Think of it as a tax “prenup” with Uncle Sam that you settle up on your terms so the surviving spouse isn’t ambushed by higher rates down the road.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

It was a safe haven from the Germans, who feared being ambushed by the Resistance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

“Flying through blizzard conditions, his squadron was ambushed by seven Soviet fighter planes.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026

Two National Guardsmen who were ambushed on duty in Washington received Purple Hearts, one posthumously.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026

So one day we all put on our Sunday best and ambushed Gracie Mansion.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez

That’s still better than ambushing workers all at once with mass layoffs, some executives say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

We’ve all seen the appalling videos of masked agents ambushing and abducting these migrants in the halls of New York’s immigration court as they’re leaving a hearing.

From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2026

Then Betts came to the plate and continued his recent — and long-awaited — turnaround offensively, ambushing a first-pitch slider for his first home run since July 5.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2025

After ambushing Guevara's guerrilla group Gen Prado was made a national hero for having defended the Bolivian military regime.

From BBC ● May 7, 2023

He pulled pranks like putting ketchup on people’s faces while they slept, or ambushing them with water balloons when they’d just woken up.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater