sneak attack
Example Sentences
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In 1981, the president of NBC, Fred Silverman, a champion of socially conscious television, said that Mr. Wildmon’s threats to boycott advertisers were “a sneak attack on the foundation of democracy.”
From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2024
The Korean War was triggered by a North Korean sneak attack on the South in June 1950.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2023
She exhibited strategic shrewdness as a general, cleverly thwarting an invader’s sneak attack with a preemptive ambush.
From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2020
The U.S. had been stung by the sneak attack in Hawaii and were underdogs in the Pacific.
From Washington Times • Nov. 6, 2019
Was he planning a sneak attack on me?
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
