ambush

“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

But since the rings select their bearers by asking whether they’re afraid during an ambush designed to create dread, the test favors those for whom life never presents anything to fear.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

Its fantastical elements, from the ambush on Troy led by Matt Damon’s Odysseus to a giant cyclops that gobbles his men in a cave, were created primarily with physical effects for a more visceral impact.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Researchers believe it was an ambush predator that spent much of its time concealed in the water, waiting for animals to approach for a drink.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 13, 2026

As we lay in ambush, we began to realize that the place was empty.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

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

Like me, she has been raised on strategy, moves and countermoves, ambushes and upper hands.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Two batters later, Hernández ambushed a first-pitch slider.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

Braddock’s column was ambushed by French and Native American forces at the Battle of the Monongahela.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Rennes midfielder Quentin Merlin dallied deep in his own area and was ambushed by Timothy Weah who passed to Amine Gouiri.

From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026

But then they are ambushed by rebel cavalry.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly

The design team, responding to the work’s fluidity, enjoys keeping us in the dark before ambushing us with unasked-for surprises.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 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

Victor Caratini led off the top of the fifth, ambushing a first-pitch fastball and sending it over the wall in right-center for a solo homer and a 3-0 lead.

From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2024

Warnings of widespread hunger bordering on famine have become more urgent, and signs of desperation are growing as people resort to consuming animal feed or ambushing aid trucks.

From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2024

The young bounced around the adults, ambushing one another, rolling in mock battle, and shrieking for protection when an older animal lost patience and bared its teeth.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer