ambush
Example Sentences
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Czesław is an ethnic Pole in the Red Army who escaped a ruthless German ambush.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 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
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
A lean cat stalked the gutter and fled as they approached; turned to watch them, with yellow, malevolent eyes, from the ambush of a garbage can.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
Vocabulary lists containing ambush
Animal Farm
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