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foxhole

noun

Definition of foxhole

as in bunker

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Recent Examples of foxhole In foxholes, trenches and treelines along the contact line, Shyriaiev said his unit is focused on their day-to-day survival. — David Brennan, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for foxhole

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Noun

Saxon testified that West planned to turn the luxury beachfront home, designed by prize-winning Japanese architect Tadao Ando, into an off-the-grid bunker.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2026
Wright, in the group ahead, pulled his approach from a fairway bunker into the seaside vegetation down the left of the 18th, eventually making a double bogey.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of bunker

Noun

For colder months, a fire pit or propane heater stored and used safely, plus heated blankets, can keep the area in play.

— Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
For year-round use, add shade with sail shades, pergolas or umbrellas, and plan for cold weather with a fire pit or propane heater (stored and used safely) plus heated blankets.

— Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of pit

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Rays third baseman Junior Caminero screamed in the dugout after Milwaukee had rallied to tie the game.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
An artillery crew soldier from the Separate Rifle Battalion of the National Police in the Zaporizhzhia region prepares shells for a 155-mm Bosnian M94 howitzer in a dugout during a combat mission in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on October 15, 2026.

— Anastasiia Parafeniuk, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of dugout

Noun

Bits are born in mines, factories, data centers, undersea cables, power grids, and human hands.

— Amelia Rose Barlow, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2026
Climbing a quarry mine in the dark Though they’re called Night Climbs, the October evening events begin around sunset as the days get shorter ahead of the winter solstice.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of mine

Noun

Marxt filmed fires, firefighters, inside a shelter (with a sign highlighting that there was no access for media) and more.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026
In November 2021, crew members took shelter inside their spacecraft after a Russian anti-satellite weapons test created a dangerous cloud of debris.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

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