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Instead infantry soldiers squeeze into foxholes in groups of two or three.
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Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Atlantic, 27 May 2025
Mavics with simple drop hardware rain down grenades on enemy positions with deadly precision, dropping munitions into foxholes and trenches or vehicle hatches.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
He was wounded in both legs and left for three days in a foxhole during a brutal winter.
—Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
The group had yet to see the most important and best-preserved foxholes.
—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
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Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Atlantic, 27 May 2025
Mavics with simple drop hardware rain down grenades on enemy positions with deadly precision, dropping munitions into foxholes and trenches or vehicle hatches.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
He was wounded in both legs and left for three days in a foxhole during a brutal winter.
—Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
The group had yet to see the most important and best-preserved foxholes.
—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Foxhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foxhole. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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foxhole
noun
fox·hole
-ˌhōl 
: a pit dug usually in a hurry for individual cover against enemy fire
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