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When two mortar rounds landed in his foxhole, Puckett suffered serious wounds to his feet, backside and left arm.
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Stephen Groves, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2024
This can be expanded into a foxhole, a one-person fighting position deep enough to stand up in.
—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
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Stephen Groves, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2024
This can be expanded into a foxhole, a one-person fighting position deep enough to stand up in.
—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
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“Foxhole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foxhole. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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foxhole
noun
fox·hole
-ˌhōl 
: a pit dug usually in a hurry for individual cover against enemy fire
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