ambush

But since the rings select their bearers by asking whether they’re afraid during an ambush designed to create dread, the test favors those for whom life never presents anything to fear.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

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

Czesław is an ethnic Pole in the Red Army who escaped a ruthless German ambush.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

ADEN, Yemen — The ambush spot was good: Single-lane street, just enough space to overtake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026

I used to ambush him on his way out, asking if I could walk with him, to which he’d reply, “Just need some time to think, honey.”

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

He had survived bandito ambushes and cutthroat plots, shipwrecks and crash-landings and high-sea duels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

The filmmakers take their time revealing what long-ago crimes have so incensed Okuzaki as he more or less ambushes old comrades and superiors in their homes, confronting them with his accusations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

AFP spoke to his former business partner, ex-major Omar Rodriguez, who said that after a few desert ambushes last year, Quijano "paused" the operation.

From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025

The airline sets cheap rates but ambushes customers with pesky little fees for every single facet of the flying experience, a nickel-and-diming scheme that bends not even for that glass of water.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2024

Like me, she has been raised on strategy, moves and countermoves, ambushes and upper hands.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

It was a safe haven from the Germans, who feared being ambushed by the Resistance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Then Rushing again ambushed the first pitch — a knuckle curve on the inside edge — and drove it off the right-field wall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

In one foray, led by Miller, the small party of raiders was ambushed by 80 Spanish troops.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

The DHS statement went on to say, "fearing for his life and safety as he was being ambushed by three individuals, the officer fired defensive shots".

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026

A camera crew from the tabloid television program Hard Copy ambushed her outside her apartment.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

The turtles mainly hunt by hiding under water and ambushing their prey, he said.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

The design team, responding to the work’s fluidity, enjoys keeping us in the dark before ambushing us with unasked-for surprises.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

We’ve all seen the appalling videos of masked agents ambushing and abducting these migrants in the halls of New York’s immigration court as they’re leaving a hearing.

From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2026

They also accused the troopers of essentially ambushing him even though they had been notified by dispatchers that his daughter had fled the home and was not in danger.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2023

The young bounced around the adults, ambushing one another, rolling in mock battle, and shrieking for protection when an older animal lost patience and bared its teeth.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer