ambush

Example Sentences

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From a rain-soaked Kandahar airbase we watched Romanian troops edge nervously out on patrol in their Soviet-era armoured vehicles, wary of the next ambush.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

Maybe Buffalo is a team of destiny, but this feels like an ambush in waiting.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

He called Baptiste later that night to report an ambush.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 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

In the end, it was named the Battle of the Cowshed, since that was where the ambush had been sprung.

From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell