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foxhole

noun

Definition of foxhole

as in bunker

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Recent Examples of foxhole Or maybe the integrity thing to do would be to stay in it and keep fighting in the foxhole. — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Nov. 2025 Thune and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer are too deep in their respective partisan foxholes to cut any deal. — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2025 Imagine sitting in a cafe or a foxhole or a government office in Ukraine on Friday, watching those first scenes in Anchorage. — Tom Nagorski, Time, 16 Aug. 2025 Instead infantry soldiers squeeze into foxholes in groups of two or three. — Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Atlantic, 27 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for foxhole

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Noun

Her earliest memories are of an underground bunker, patrolled by male guards with whips, where she was imprisoned with thirty-nine older women.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Henseleit then had the advantage in the playoff when the 23-year-old from Japan was in deep grass short of a bunker and had to lay up short of the green.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of bunker

Noun

Tens of thousands of gallons of fluid spilled from the open pit, urged on by heavy spring rains and unencumbered by an emergency pump disabled by a power failure.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
To perform the test, Mansfield says to lift the float inside the sump pit by hand or slowly pour water into the pit until the float rises.

— Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of pit

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Guardians manager Stephen Vogt was seen walking out of the dugout with pace to clearly say something to the other side, and that sparked the scrum near the dish.

— Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Starting pitcher Tarik Skubal, acquired by the Dodgers in a trade with the Detroit Tigers on Saturday, was in the Dodgers’ dugout during the game, exchanging pleasantries with his new teammates and coaches.

— Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of dugout

Noun

Iran has provided the group with weapons and technology for, among other things, sea mines, ballistic and cruise missiles, and unmanned aerial vehicles, according to a 2021 report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Yukov had suffered leg injuries and lost an eye in a mine blast in 2022.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

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