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One of the words that comes up more than once in the book is trinchera, or foxhole.
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Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2024
In times of high tension, shells fly and residents hunker in fortified foxholes.
—Charlie Campbell / Taipei, TIME, 13 June 2024
If the fox reaches the foxhole first, though, the players lose!
—Keith Law, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2024
Sergeant Mullins, who now lives in Garberville, Calif., looked up from his foxhole a couple of days into the fighting and, two foxholes away, saw Pfc.
—Roger Cohen Laetitia Vancon, New York Times, 6 June 2024
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Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2024
In times of high tension, shells fly and residents hunker in fortified foxholes.
—Charlie Campbell / Taipei, TIME, 13 June 2024
If the fox reaches the foxhole first, though, the players lose!
—Keith Law, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2024
Sergeant Mullins, who now lives in Garberville, Calif., looked up from his foxhole a couple of days into the fighting and, two foxholes away, saw Pfc.
—Roger Cohen Laetitia Vancon, New York Times, 6 June 2024
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“Foxhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foxhole. Accessed 8 Sep. 2024.
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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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