sneak attack
Example Sentences
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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
“It was a sneak attack in the dark of night,” Orangetown Supervisor Teresa Kenny said at a news conference Wednesday.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 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
Such is the sneak attack of emotion in inching back toward normal in Paola, Kan., which has recorded zero coronavirus deaths, and where, as of June 1, students were allowed to enter the school building.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2020
At least if he carried the ball, he’d be in full view of everyone and not as vulnerable to a sneak attack.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
