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Recent Examples of foxhole
Any soldier in a foxhole may have dug their own grave.
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David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Michaels, sitting in a foxhole underneath the audience bleachers, witnesses what gets a laugh and what doesn’t.
—Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Some left their foxholes to shmooze, sing carols and exchange cigarettes.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 9 Dec. 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
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David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Michaels, sitting in a foxhole underneath the audience bleachers, witnesses what gets a laugh and what doesn’t.
—Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
Some left their foxholes to shmooze, sing carols and exchange cigarettes.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 9 Dec. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foxhole
Noun
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At the tunnel’s exit point near San Jacinto, the only visible signs of the infrastructure are several concrete structures resembling bunkers.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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Current regulations require bunkers to be crisis-ready in less than five days.—
Jessi Jezewska Stevens,
The Dial,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Private patios are planted with succulents and shaded by native trees, while the center of the property is anchored by a sunken dipping pool and communal fire pit perfect for lingering evenings and slow conversations.—
Michaela Trimble,
Vogue,
28 Apr. 2025
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Outside entertainment opportunities are further enhanced by the indoor/outdoor bar with pass-through window, a covered outdoor kitchen and fire pit.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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That’s pretty much the same thing Jacobs coach Jamie Murray saw from the opposing dugout.—
Paul Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2025
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There were jokes in the dugout and even on the local FanDuel Sports Kansas City broadcast.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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On the monument to those killed, arrows point outward to Pennsylvania, where unarmed strikers were killed at the Lattimer mine in 1897, and to South Africa, where peaceful protesters were killed at an anti-apartheid rally in Sharpeville in 1960.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
19 Apr. 2025
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The administration’s goal to address the National Energy Emergency is clearly high on its agenda, but doing so successfully will require a sustained effort to open mines and create critical mineral processing capacity outside of China.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The evergreen to semi-evergreen foliage provides shelter to wintering birds.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2025
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That someone ended up being Gary, who only shared his first name, a volunteer who paid a visit to the shelter back in October.—
Mark Weinstein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Foxhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foxhole. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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