Sentence examples for deadly ambush from inspiring English sources

A humanitarian mission involving the return of kidnapped children turns into a deadly ambush.

The Confederates took many casualties in the deadly ambush, but they rallied and chased the Union men back.

The court ruled that three of his sons participated in a deadly ambush that killed six police officers.

It found British forces responded to a deadly ambush by insurgents with "exemplary courage, resolution and professionalism".

The deadly ambush reinforced the idea that many diplomats — even those guarded by security personnel and working in fortified buildings — can quickly find themselves in harm's way.

The Angolan separatist group that carried out the deadly ambush on the Togolese national football team at the African Nations Cup has vowed to strike again.

This summer has brought deadly ambushes of police.

The P.K.K. has now set up daylight checkpoints in villages in the southeast, carried out deadly ambushes against Turkish forces and kidnapped lawmakers.

The insurgents — Paraguay, New Zealand, Slovenia, Chile, Uruguay, Mexico — are pulling off deadly ambushes (and for once the gutsy Americans are not targets).

The period from 1973 to 1976, known on Pine Ridge as the "reign of terror," was marked by deadly ambushes at highway checkpoints and gunfights that on occasion lasted for days.

Deadly ambushes of enrollment officers in Sullivan and Rush counties prompted commanders to send troops to arrest the culprits and finish the enrollments.