trench warfare
Example Sentences
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The trench warfare has occasionally been interrupted by flashes of brilliance.
From BBC
It was fought over several days in September 1914 and halted the German's advance on Paris, but was followed by years of trench warfare.
From BBC
The effectiveness of machine guns as defensive weapons kept both sides from achieving a breakthrough and helped prolong the deadlock of trench warfare that immobilized the Western Front.
From Literature
The plans for calling up more soldiers to fight in grim trench warfare were something nobody in Ukraine’s military or civilian leadership wanted to be associated with.
From Seattle Times
Mr. Zelensky’s frustrations with Mr. Zaluzhny have grown over the past year, as the fighting has bogged down in bloody, static trench warfare.
From New York Times
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