ambush
Example Sentences
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We've all seen this kind of ambush before.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 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
Two cheerleaders in purple-and-white uniforms were standing at the side entrance, waiting to ambush freshmen.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
Vocabulary lists containing ambush
Animal Farm
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