ambush

Bukele initially stated the deployment aimed at bringing home four Salvadoran GSF soldiers who went missing during an ambush attack on October 18.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

The deployment began as a rescue mission after four Salvadoran military-aviation technicians went missing following an ambush near Port-au-Prince.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

The ambush occurred in Croix-des-Bouquets, an area controlled by armed groups.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The ancient landscape surrounding the fossil site contained wetlands and marshes that could have provided suitable habitat for an enormous ambush predator.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Now Telemakhos greeted him first: “Eumaios, back again! What was the talk in town? Are the tall suitors home again, by this time, from their ambush, or are they still on watch for my return?”

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

He had survived bandito ambushes and cutthroat plots, shipwrecks and crash-landings and high-sea duels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

The filmmakers take their time revealing what long-ago crimes have so incensed Okuzaki as he more or less ambushes old comrades and superiors in their homes, confronting them with his accusations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

AFP spoke to his former business partner, ex-major Omar Rodriguez, who said that after a few desert ambushes last year, Quijano "paused" the operation.

From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025

The airline sets cheap rates but ambushes customers with pesky little fees for every single facet of the flying experience, a nickel-and-diming scheme that bends not even for that glass of water.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2024

Tyler ambushes me in between third and fourth period.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

Think of it as a tax “prenup” with Uncle Sam that you settle up on your terms so the surviving spouse isn’t ambushed by higher rates down the road.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

It was a safe haven from the Germans, who feared being ambushed by the Resistance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Two batters later, Hernández ambushed a first-pitch slider.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

But he said disabled court users shouldn't be "ambushed by inaccessibility" and "have to undergo a resilience test" in going to court.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

The older kids were supposed to stay in the back of the bus, but Dana had snuck up behind Roy’s seat and ambushed him.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

By age 26, she was the CSO’s political director, drafting legislation and tenaciously lobbying for those bills in the state capitol, often ambushing lawmakers in their offices.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The turtles mainly hunt by hiding under water and ambushing their prey, he said.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

The design team, responding to the work’s fluidity, enjoys keeping us in the dark before ambushing us with unasked-for surprises.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

We’ve all seen the appalling videos of masked agents ambushing and abducting these migrants in the halls of New York’s immigration court as they’re leaving a hearing.

From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2026

The young bounced around the adults, ambushing one another, rolling in mock battle, and shrieking for protection when an older animal lost patience and bared its teeth.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer