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ambush

[am-boosh] / ˈæm bʊʃ /
NOUN
surprise attack, trap
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Hidden in plain sight, an ambush bug nymph waits motionless inside a flower in Michigan.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

Species that feed on invertebrates, forage along the bottom, or rely on ambush strategies to catch prey also showed higher rates of contamination compared with other fish.

From Science Daily • Feb. 3, 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

This he could certainly have done; and he had decided to confront rather than ambush them, in the hope that the bucks would surrender without fighting.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams




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