foxhole

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"I know I can trust him in a foxhole -- whether that foxhole is economic, an international crisis or a Hurricane Katrina."

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  1. noun A shallow pit dug by a soldier in combat for immediate refuge against enemy fire.

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  • Throughout the performance he has been standing in a foxhole, filming the falling bombs from the moment of their release to their impact with the ground and the fountains of earth they spout into the air. —  THE BANTAM WAR BOOK SERIES
  • Thinking it was machine-gun fire--he made a dash for the nearest gully that would double as a foxhole He lit sprawled out as a dark shadow washed over him. —  136 - The Pharaoh's Ghost
  • The gadget masters of the galaxy built cannons that could drop a shell atop a cockroach twenty klicks away, or blast a flying rocket at twice that distance My ears bled As I sat up inside my foxhole, a magnificent fireworks display colored the sky The brain skipped down the river, throwing great gouts of water into the air Sound filled the air. —  Asimov'sSF,January2007
  • The call went from foxhole to foxhole: "The Russians are attacking with tanks!—Panzers to the front!—Assault guns forward!" —  Panzer Aces
  • One just didn't think of him as being in a battlefield foxhole, or in an igloo in the Arctic with a rifle in his hands, quietly asking someone else if they'd shoot a man whom he didn't think he could hit But the man sounded and looked as if he belonged here. —  142 - The Lost Giant
 

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