foxhole

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for foxhole
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foxhole
Noun
  • As such, locate a comfortable conspiracy bunker and prepare for a long reading session before diving in.
    Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Oh, and—little detail—the earth’s surface has, apparently, been wiped clean by a world-historic climate event and a nuclear war, and everybody who survived is living in a bunker gussied up by its billionaire overlords to look like a perpetually temperate American suburb.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Tsunoda’s front wing was damaged by Lap 47, forcing him to pit.
    Luke Smith, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Warm weather is on its way, and unwinding around swimming pools and fire pits is so much more enjoyable with comfy, sturdy outdoor seating to kick back in.
    Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Almost an entire starting rotation decimated by injury, a shouting match in the dugout between the team’s two biggest stars and a manager fired in 2021.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
  • But the wait for his return to action in the dugout is almost over.
    Dan Sheldon, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This means logistics operators could eliminate the upfront costs of traditional transportation infrastructure like airstrips, roads and railroads when moving cargo to and from remote sites like Arctic mines and oil and gas operations.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Black Himalayan salt is a coarse salt that comes from the mines of the Himalayas.
    Lindsey DeSoto, Health, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • On some days, as many as 40 to 60 rockets were dropped during production and the team were forced to spend lots of time in bomb shelters, Masucci explained.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Mayor Adams’ administration should put a stop to all new construction of homeless shelters in the five boroughs, according to two City Council leaders.
    Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2025

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“Foxhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foxhole. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.

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