Thesaurus results for FOXHOLE

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

From the outside, the building looks like a bunker, camouflaged amid a block of nondescript offices.

— Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026
Rory McIlroy ran off three straight birdies late in the round and saved par from a bunker on the 18th for a 65.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of bunker

Noun

Atomic force microscopy of the impact zones found pits several nanometers deep in places deeper than the entire thickness of the Teflon film, meaning the damage ran clean through the coating and into the metal.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
Perhaps Huck, who did not respond to a request for comment, came to this realization a little late and is looking to avoid getting stuck in a money-pit situation.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of pit

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His tenure ended messily, with reports of deteriorating team relations and a dugout incident.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Snell threw two pitches to Hao-Yu Lee and then, after a conversation with home plate umpire Chris Guccione, headed off the field and disappeared down the dugout tunnel.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of dugout

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Students will also study mines and explosive hazards, first aid for combat injuries, chemical and radiation exposure and acute stress, as well as survival training and procedures for operating in conflict zones.

— Bloomberg, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Compass Minerals and Morton Salt, which are both headquartered in Overland Park, own and operate Canadian mines and transfer salt across the border.

— Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of mine

Noun

If their new Craftsman-style house seems overlarge for two, with plenty of shelter-mag built-ins, well, Tom is a successful crime novelist and there’s also a leaky attic and a creepy, warrenlike basement to be dealt with.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Part one, released this month, only deals with raising homes and floodproofing important community buildings like evacuation shelters and police stations.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026

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