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- noun Plural form of
ambush . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
ambush .
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Examples
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The Serbs killed more than 7,000 of the fleeing Muslims in ambushes and mass executions that war crime judges later declared genocide.
going back 2005
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I’ve lost colleagues in ambushes, to time bombs, to improvised explosive devices.
After Musharraf 2007
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I’ve lost colleagues in ambushes, to time bombs, to improvised explosive devices.
After Musharraf 2007
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"We need to spend more time analyzing cases classified as ambushes," Melekian said, referring to an informal review of this year's shooting deaths.
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"We need to spend more time analyzing cases classified as ambushes," Melekian said, referring to an informal review of this year's shooting deaths.
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So are disclaimers sufficient to protect the children from F-word ambushes?
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Others have speculated that the ambushes are the work of rogue Indonesian police or soldiers.
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Critics say the ambushes were the tragic and inevitable result of having too few troops, and as David Martin reports in this exclusive, it's under investigation.
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POLLACK: Yes, I absolutely think that the -- if there is a trend toward greater willingness of the Iraqi insurgents to fight and die in these kind of ambushes, that's a very bad trend for the United States.
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"You will then forgive him for the 'ambushes' and cherish him with much tea?"
My Lady Caprice Jeffery Farnol 1915
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