ambush

Rather than actively chasing prey, the snake may have relied on ambush tactics, remaining concealed until another animal came within striking distance.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

“I’m not going to ambush those guys, and I’m not going to ambush Glas,” Roberts said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

But since the rings select their bearers by asking whether they’re afraid during an ambush designed to create dread, the test favors those for whom life never presents anything to fear.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

Here, though, it suffered a second ambush before eventually being able to reunite with the convoy.

From BBC ● May 24, 2026

The sun from ambush was threatening the world with red daggers, but the shadows were gray and solid-looking around the barn.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston

The filmmakers take their time revealing what long-ago crimes have so incensed Okuzaki as he more or less ambushes old comrades and superiors in their homes, confronting them with his accusations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

AFP spoke to his former business partner, ex-major Omar Rodriguez, who said that after a few desert ambushes last year, Quijano "paused" the operation.

From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025

Yet so much can derail them: fractured supply chains, staff blowups, quirks of locations and traffic, social media ambushes, even the unexpected, like COVID.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025

The airline sets cheap rates but ambushes customers with pesky little fees for every single facet of the flying experience, a nickel-and-diming scheme that bends not even for that glass of water.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2024

It meant hearing his loud complaints about her mother’s culinary ambushes: chicken bloody at the bone, undercooked vegetables, unpeeled fruit served with room-temperature cream cheese.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

Think of it as a tax “prenup” with Uncle Sam that you settle up on your terms so the surviving spouse isn’t ambushed by higher rates down the road.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

It was a safe haven from the Germans, who feared being ambushed by the Resistance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

"You do feel ambushed and it is the last thing you want to be seeing," she said.

From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026

“Flying through blizzard conditions, his squadron was ambushed by seven Soviet fighter planes.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026

A camera crew from the tabloid television program Hard Copy ambushed her outside her apartment.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

That’s still better than ambushing workers all at once with mass layoffs, some executives say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The turtles mainly hunt by hiding under water and ambushing their prey, he said.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

The design team, responding to the work’s fluidity, enjoys keeping us in the dark before ambushing us with unasked-for surprises.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

We’ve all seen the appalling videos of masked agents ambushing and abducting these migrants in the halls of New York’s immigration court as they’re leaving a hearing.

From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2026

The young bounced around the adults, ambushing one another, rolling in mock battle, and shrieking for protection when an older animal lost patience and bared its teeth.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer