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 • Mar. 30, 2026

We've all seen this kind of ambush before.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

Many years later, Enrile gave differing statements on that key event, saying at one point the claimed ambush was made up, and then writing in his memoir that it had actually happened.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

The data revealed that the bats soar high into the night sky to find and ambush unsuspecting birds.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025

“But a little lacking in terms of sophistication. An ambush is so bourgeois.”

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi