ambush

Example Sentences

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Lois Norris, representing Coates, said the application was an "ambush by Mr Harrison's legal team".

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

The action was part of “Hawkeye Strike,” a U.S.-led operation directed by President Trump in response to the killing of two Iowa National Guard soldiers in a mid-December ambush.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

Maybe Buffalo is a team of destiny, but this feels like an ambush in waiting.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

Many years later, Enrile gave differing statements on that key event, saying at one point the claimed ambush was made up, and then writing in his memoir that it had actually happened.

From Barron's • Nov. 13, 2025

Well, they had been riding home cheerfully, all chattering and bloomy and branchy, when Sir Meliagrance had leaped up at their feet, in an ambush.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White