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Recent Examples of foxhole
Tucked away in a field provided by local landowners, the site was filled with army vehicles, pup tents and foxholes.
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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
Graves recalls sitting in a foxhole and suddenly wanting some hot chocolate.
—Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Feb. 2025
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
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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
Graves recalls sitting in a foxhole and suddenly wanting some hot chocolate.
—Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Feb. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foxhole
Noun
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From a military bunker, Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said that 25,000 troops have been deployed to the western states of Táchira and Zulia, which border Colombia.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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All 600 employees made it to the nearby bunker, but 23 were injured.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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More David Cannon/Getty Images The Walker Cup pits teams comprised of the top 10 male amateur players from the United States and Great Britain and Ireland against each other.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Sep. 2025
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Trimeresurus nujiang, also known as the Nujiang green pit-viper, is a new arboreal, or tree-dwelling, snake species known only from the high-altitude evergreen forests that border the canyon in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, according to the study.—
Lauren Liebhaber
September 2,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Kevin Gausman threw a 53-pitch inning and fell down the dugout steps.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Even as a player, Cole remembers sitting in the dugout sometimes and thinking how much a game was dragging along.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The courts likely hold the fates of Oak Flat and the huge mine Resolution Copper wants to build on the site, and Indigenous activists wonder what that will mean for the fragile landscape and for Native religious rights cases.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Exploiting mines needed for rare earth minerals could also be complicated.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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If the sky becomes menacing and thunder becomes audible, seek out a safe place to seek shelter.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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If the sky turns ominous and thunder can be heard, find a secure place for shelter.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Foxhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foxhole. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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