ambush

Example Sentences

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We've all seen this kind of ambush before.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

In one case, human footprints appear alongside deer tracks created at the same time, supporting the idea of pursuit or ambush activity within the dune environment.

From Science Daily • Nov. 13, 2025

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

Cedar immediately whirled around and ripped the tag from a kid who’d been trying to ambush us.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth