as in attacked
to lie in wait for and attack by surprise
the king's enemies planned to ambush the royal coach on the way to Paris and capture the king
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Recent Examples of ambushed
Upstairs, Linda alleged she was ambushed.
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Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
In episode two, Alex is ambushed by her bosses and a representative from the network’s legal team, who unearthed footage of Alex colluding with Roya and Arsham inside the UBN studio.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Upon booting up the game and working through a pretty robust character creator, players arrive in Lumiose City and are immediately ambushed by a content creator/social media manager working for the corporation Quasartico, Inc.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
The deadliest attack on the press recorded by the CPJ was the 2009 Maguindanao massacre in the Philippines, in which 32 journalists were among those killed when a convoy was ambushed.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 20 Sep. 2025
After his loss to Cody Rhodes at SummerSlam, John Cena was ambushed by Brock Lesnar at SmackDown.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Three armed suspects ambushed staff in the restaurant, and two staff members were assaulted and forced to open a cash safe, according to police at the time.
—Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Sep. 2025
Officials on Thursday identified the three police officers that were killed when they were ambushed while responding to a domestic call Wednesday in York County, Pennsylvania.
—Alexandra Koch , Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The Red Sox ambushed the New York Yankees in Sunday night’s series finale, ripping off six runs in the first inning en route to a 6-4 win.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
In episode two, Alex is ambushed by her bosses and a representative from the network’s legal team, who unearthed footage of Alex colluding with Roya and Arsham inside the UBN studio.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Upon booting up the game and working through a pretty robust character creator, players arrive in Lumiose City and are immediately ambushed by a content creator/social media manager working for the corporation Quasartico, Inc.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2025
The deadliest attack on the press recorded by the CPJ was the 2009 Maguindanao massacre in the Philippines, in which 32 journalists were among those killed when a convoy was ambushed.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 20 Sep. 2025
After his loss to Cody Rhodes at SummerSlam, John Cena was ambushed by Brock Lesnar at SmackDown.
—Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Three armed suspects ambushed staff in the restaurant, and two staff members were assaulted and forced to open a cash safe, according to police at the time.
—Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Sep. 2025
Officials on Thursday identified the three police officers that were killed when they were ambushed while responding to a domestic call Wednesday in York County, Pennsylvania.
—Alexandra Koch , Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The Red Sox ambushed the New York Yankees in Sunday night’s series finale, ripping off six runs in the first inning en route to a 6-4 win.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ambushed
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The Eagles attacked Skinner again, and the home crowd begged for a flag after the safety aggressively defended tight end Dallas Goedert, but no penalty was called.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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In the southern border city of Sderot, which was attacked on October 7, and is frequently the target of rocket fire, a group of Israelis gathered at an observation deck overlooking Gaza to revel in its ruin.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
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The bigger issue is the Texas A&M defense, which was assaulted by a Notre Dame offense still figuring it out with a first-year starter at quarterback.—
Matt Hayes,
USA TODAY,
3 Oct. 2025
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The employee, who testified under the pseudonym Mia, worked for Combs from 2009 to 2017 and alleged that she was assaulted by the music mogul.—
Kara Scannell,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
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But underperformance has waylaid each of the last two seasons (159-165 over that period).—
Levi Weaver,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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On the Padres’ meandering stroll to the postseason, they were almost waylaid again by the walk.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Sep. 2025
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For their 15th anniversary, the Saved by the Bell star surprised her husband with an at-home recreation of their wedding.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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Changing the Rankings Many readers may be surprised not to see Turkey’s 1915 Çanakkale Bridge, which holds the record for the longest suspension span.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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The picture was captured from behind, taken outside and showed the couple holding hands in a rare display of royal PDA.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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All these years later, whiteface has once again captured the public imagination.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Ambushed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambushed. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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