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Recent Examples of foxhole
When two mortar rounds landed in his foxhole, Puckett suffered serious wounds to his feet, backside and left arm.
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Stephen Groves, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2024
This can be expanded into a foxhole, a one-person fighting position deep enough to stand up in.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
The war in Ukraine has demonstrated that success in battle depends on each side’s ability to sustain munitions production and supply from factory to foxhole.
—Phillips P. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2024
One of the words that comes up more than once in the book is trinchera, or foxhole.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2024
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Stephen Groves, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2024
This can be expanded into a foxhole, a one-person fighting position deep enough to stand up in.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
The war in Ukraine has demonstrated that success in battle depends on each side’s ability to sustain munitions production and supply from factory to foxhole.
—Phillips P. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2024
One of the words that comes up more than once in the book is trinchera, or foxhole.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foxhole
Noun
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The troops planned to tie and blindfold the officials, then take them to an underground military bunker for interrogation, prosecutors said.—
Choe Sang-Hun,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2025
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There aren’t huge storage facilities; no bunkers with doors big enough for thousands of priceless art to be contained.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The front patio features a bar, flat-screen TVs, fire pits and a retractable awning.—
McKenzie Rankin,
Axios,
10 Mar. 2025
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In addition, federal dollars have gone to replacing over 45 outdated pit or camping toilets at 17 different parks, forests and boat launch facilities across the state, ensuring recreational facilities are kept safe and clean, according to DEEP.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Schultz, 21, remained in the dugout to watch Smith, 21, the following inning.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
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Challenges must be made immediately without consulting with anyone in the dugout.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Beside Levi’s tower lies a miles-long crevasse, shrouded in fog and studded with mines.—
Graham Hillard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
28 Feb. 2025
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This is where the 4G signal is best around here in Kamianka, a village in eastern Ukraine reduced to rubble and seeded with mines when Russia invaded three years ago.—
Scott Peterson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The entire community was designated a shelter by Governor Ron DeSantis. Babcock Ranch sheltered around 2,000 Floridians in the town’s school and the sports facility.—
Celia Fernandez,Raffi Paul,
CNBC,
11 Mar. 2025
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Seek shelter immediately, get under your desks, guys.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Foxhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foxhole. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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