ambush
Example Sentences
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Growing to around 1 meter in length, the fish was likely an ambush predator that hunted smaller animals in freshwater systems.
From Science Daily • May 25, 2026
Given its massive build, the snake was likely slow-moving and relied on ambush tactics, similar to modern anacondas.
From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2026
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 • Mar. 10, 2026
Maybe Buffalo is a team of destiny, but this feels like an ambush in waiting.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
Late at night, when the Greenies were out on ambush, the whole rain forest seemed to stare in at them—a watched feeling—and a couple of times they almost saw her sliding through the shadows.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
Vocabulary lists containing ambush
Animal Farm
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