ambuscade

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He lost three of the next four games before he recovered from the shock of that one intellectual ambuscade.

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The ambuscade capped a notably disgruntling week for Labor.

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I have experienced and feel a profound sadness for the Marines who perished in the last ambuscade of the Sandinistas.

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Only about 700 Legionnaires managed to escape the ambuscade.

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On the other hand, Major Van Horne should have heeded the information he received, that the enemy were in advance, in position, and not allowed his little army to rush into an ambuscade.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler