sneak attack

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They know that a full-out nuclear war would end civilization, so the risk isn’t so much a purposeful sneak attack by one country against one or two of the others, it’s a miscalculation.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026

Moss was dressed all in black to hide his identity as he pretended to be a camera man and helped sidekick Happy Corbin sneak attack Kevin Owens.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 27, 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

But first, he had to reckon with popular perceptions of the prepper type: rural, deeply conservative and paranoid to an extreme, readying their bunkers for a nuclear sneak attack or the Book of Revelation.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2020

My potential for arrogance made a sneak attack on me.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam