ambushed
Example Sentences
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Then Rushing again ambushed the first pitch — a knuckle curve on the inside edge — and drove it off the right-field wall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Braddock’s column was ambushed by French and Native American forces at the Battle of the Monongahela.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
In one foray, led by Miller, the small party of raiders was ambushed by 80 Spanish troops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
This was best exemplified when Steenhuisen backed Ramaphosa when the president was ambushed by US President Donald Trump at the Oval Office in May last year.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
He was not set upon by unreasonable hordes or ambushed by sneaky types.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
