sneak attack
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They know that a full-out nuclear war would end civilization, so the risk isn’t so much a purposeful sneak attack by one country against one or two of the others, it’s a miscalculation.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
In 1981, the president of NBC, Fred Silverman, a champion of socially conscious television, said that Mr. Wildmon’s threats to boycott advertisers were “a sneak attack on the foundation of democracy.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2024
“It was a sneak attack in the dark of night,” Orangetown Supervisor Teresa Kenny said at a news conference Wednesday.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2023
So an anticipated return morphed into a sneak attack.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 12, 2020
Was he planning a sneak attack on me?
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
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