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Recent Examples of foxhole
Instead infantry soldiers squeeze into foxholes in groups of two or three.
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Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Atlantic, 27 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
Tucked away in a field provided by local landowners, the site was filled with army vehicles, pup tents and foxholes.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
The Americans set up machine guns on small round hilltops and dug foxholes in the snow.
—Jim Huylebroek, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Atlantic, 27 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
Tucked away in a field provided by local landowners, the site was filled with army vehicles, pup tents and foxholes.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
The Americans set up machine guns on small round hilltops and dug foxholes in the snow.
—Jim Huylebroek, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foxhole
Noun
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Many of them have received JEEP alerts (Joint Emergency Evacuation Plan) notifying them of their designation and their quickest point of access to the bunker, which is built to withstand a nuclear explosion.—
Jake Kring-Schreifels,
Time,
27 Oct. 2025
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The structure sits above the Presidential Emergency Operations Center, a Cold War-era bunker constructed in 1942.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Joe Gibbs Racing driver, Hamlin, then went to pit for four new tires while Hendrick Motorsports’ Larson only got two which placed him in fifth position ahead of Hamlin, who was in 10th.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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Additional circumstantial evidence included the presence of Halbach's license plate, which was found in another vehicle on Avery’s property, a bullet fragment that was found in his garage with her DNA and Halbach's remains, which were located in and around a burn pit.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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With the Dodgers’ season on the line, Rojas hooked Hoffman’s elevated slider into the first row of left-field seats, stealing the spotlight from Ohtani while sending his teammates spilling from the first-base dugout.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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In the opposite dugout, the Los Angeles Dodgers are looking to keep their dream of back-to-back championships alive.—
Joe Kozlowski,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There are roughly 1,000 mines in the hills surrounding the ghost town.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
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Subterranean kobolds work at their own pace in the mines, about their own business.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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While deputies searched the shelter, a man fell through the ceiling and was immediately detained, Enriquez said.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Samaritan’s Purse has pledged 42 ambulances, 28 of them armored, to Magen David Adom, Israel’s emergency medical service, and is supporting 11 major construction projects, including ambulance response stations and community centers equipped with bomb shelters.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Foxhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foxhole. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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