trench warfare
Example Sentences
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His contention that bombing industrial centers would lead to a speedy victory was seen by many as a response to World War I, and the long slog of trench warfare.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
The trench warfare has occasionally been interrupted by flashes of brilliance.
From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025
Defenders typically have advantages over attackers in trench warfare, and the Russian army has had months to dig in.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 8, 2023
But after 5,000 editorials and years of journalistic trench warfare, Mr. Carter took his fight into politics.
From New York Times • May 12, 2023
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 "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
