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 ambush occurred in Croix-des-Bouquets, an area controlled by armed groups.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 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

Mr. Sullivan set up what some top Israeli defense officials saw as an ambush by bringing nearly the entire top U.S. team on the line to weigh in against a strike.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The devil Tenorio had sneaked around while we lingered at Rosie’s house, and had waited to ambush Narciso under the juniper tree.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

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

"He was very good at setting up ambushes," one of Makenga's fellow RPF fighters told the Rift Valley Institute non-profit research organisation.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2025

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

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio

A U.N.-backed force is trying to rescue four Salvadoran military personnel after gangs ambushed their armored vehicle in Haiti.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

He ambushed a first-pitch sinker and drove it into the left-field gap for a go-ahead double.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

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

My eyes were darting all around me, prepared to be ambushed.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore

By age 26, she was the CSO’s political director, drafting legislation and tenaciously lobbying for those bills in the state capitol, often ambushing lawmakers in their offices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The turtles mainly hunt by hiding under water and ambushing their prey, he said.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 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

That episode occurred one inning after Acuña hammered the ball harder than anyone has all season, ambushing a 3-0 fastball by rookie Emmet Sheehan that left the yard at 121.4 mph.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 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