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Recent Examples of foxhole
This can be expanded into a foxhole, a one-person fighting position deep enough to stand up in.
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David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
The war in Ukraine has demonstrated that success in battle depends on each side’s ability to sustain munitions production and supply from factory to foxhole.
—Phillips P. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2024
One of the words that comes up more than once in the book is trinchera, or foxhole.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2024
In times of high tension, shells fly and residents hunker in fortified foxholes.
—Charlie Campbell / Taipei, TIME, 13 June 2024
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David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
The war in Ukraine has demonstrated that success in battle depends on each side’s ability to sustain munitions production and supply from factory to foxhole.
—Phillips P. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2024
One of the words that comes up more than once in the book is trinchera, or foxhole.
—Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2024
In times of high tension, shells fly and residents hunker in fortified foxholes.
—Charlie Campbell / Taipei, TIME, 13 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for foxhole
Noun
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Straka’s second shot found the dormant grass right of the fairway leaving a wedge shot with the treacherous bunker looming on the opposite side of the green.—
Gabby Herzig,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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The former aren’t stable enough to transport to a bunker, and, as such, must be destroyed on the spot.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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These pathological behaviors pit colleagues against each other, creating a hostile environment of instability and chaos that shifts the focus of their toxic behaviour.—
Jason Walker,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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In homage to stock car racing’s roots in North Carolina, Red Bull Non-Stock 600 pits teams against one another in a go-kart race around an oval track.—
AvidXchange Music Factory,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Jan. 2025
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Dortmund, who are 10th in the 18-team German Bundesliga, have held meetings and made checks on Rashford but are hesitant to commit to a proposal until there is clarity on who will lead their team from the dugout.—
Laurie Whitwell,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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The riverfront stadium is currently undergoing renovations to become MLB-ready, which includes the construction of a new home clubhouse and upgrades to the grass playing surface, dugouts, lighting, media areas and other amenities.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacramento Bee,
17 Jan. 2025
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Burgum also pledged to work with Montana Republican Sen. Steve Daines to advance pending coal mine expansion permits in the lawmaker’s state.—
Matthew Brown,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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When one of them, Lena Corbyn (59), inherits a third of a British-Swiss mining empire, the friends join forces to revolutionise Corbyn Commodities by closing a harmful coal mine in South Africa and granting employees shares of the family business.—
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Anyone in need of help should call the city’s shelter hotline at 443-984-9540, where phones will be answered through 9 p.m. Emergency overnight shelters will open at 4 p.m. as usual, Dortch said, and guests may stay through 9 the next morning.—
Jonathan M. Pitts,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Jan. 2025
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Concern for the homeless in Pensacola In Pensacola, transit bus drivers provided free transportation to area cold weather shelters that made room for record numbers of people.—
John Bacon,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Foxhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/foxhole. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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