ambush
Example Sentences
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ADEN, Yemen — The ambush spot was good: Single-lane street, just enough space to overtake.
From Los Angeles Times
Hidden in plain sight, an ambush bug nymph waits motionless inside a flower in Michigan.
From BBC
But Aoun described it as a deliberate ambush set for Lebanon and its army, designed to draw the Israeli military into another incursion.
From BBC
Researchers believe the behaviour may involve ambush attacks from below, with dolphins potentially unaware of the threat.
From BBC
Two National Guardsmen who were ambushed on duty in Washington received Purple Hearts, one posthumously.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
