ambuscade

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I have experienced and feel a profound sadness for the Marines who perished in the last ambuscade of the Sandinistas.

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He lost three of the next four games before he recovered from the shock of that one intellectual ambuscade.

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The general belief was that the King was a chance victim of the ambuscade which was intended for the Orchanie-Sofia autobus, occupants of which were known to be carrying large sums of money.

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Only about 700 Legionnaires managed to escape the ambuscade.

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The ambuscade shall be laid in the very same place where the infamous one concealed you in order to expose me to your gaze.

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