as in attacked
to take sudden, violent action against
a remote area of the park in which gangs of hoodlums have been known to bushwhack lone joggers
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Crabtree stopped, turned, attacked the ball and snagged it.—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025 -
Nelson claimed to police that the man attacked her and their son after opening the car door.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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An 88-year-old Seattle woman was hospitalized with serious injuries after a man violently assaulted and robbed her, biting off her finger and stealing her jewelry, police say.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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The former Fox Sports analyst allegedly assaulted 69-year-old Perry Tole in an alley, and the ensuing fight left both men hospitalized with serious injuries.—
Natasha Dye,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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Prosecutors said that in December 2024, Mexican authorities raided multiple fentanyl production labs across Sinaloa that were allegedly controlled by the father and son and made the world’s largest ever fentanyl seizure, which totaled more than 3,300 pounds of the ultra-potent drug.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Getting their roster raided by Power 4 conference programs, including the one where their former coach is now running the show.—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Around 500 Hamas terrorists stormed the kibbutz, killing 47 people and taking 76 hostages out of the 251 abducted across Israel that day.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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The demonstration turned violent, and some people stormed Morelia’s Government Palace.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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In 2010, while covering an event in Lara, a western state that has long been a government stronghold, he and several fellow journalists were ambushed by a mob of militants loyal to the regime.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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And after a Washington woman was repeatedly ambushed by an owl while walking in the woods near her house in 2022, biologists report that the occurrence is becoming more frequent.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The earthquake struck at a depth of just 2 miles, with its epicenter approximately 6 miles northwest of Blue Diamond.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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One Alvarado police officer was struck in the neck during the attack.—
Center Square,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Bushwhacked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bushwhacked. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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