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  • verb Present participle of ambush.
  • noun An ambush.

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Examples

  • This model pioneered way of intervention however has always come under scrutiny because of the "ambushing" nature that the model falls under.

    Direct And Indirect Intervention-Really New 2009

  • Li Ning's retreat comes just weeks after Beijing promised to step up efforts to prevent non-sponsors of this summer's Olympics from "ambushing" the more than 60 official sponsors who paid millions of dollars for the right to associate their brands with the Games.

    Athletic-Wear Firm's 2008

  • Once the Games have begun, say media agencies, sponsors 'competitors will have a much more difficult time getting heard, or "ambushing" the Games by creating the impression that they are sponsors.

    Timing of Games Pitch a Sport in Itself 2008

  • HONG KONG -- Beijing has promised to step up efforts to prevent nonsponsors of this summer's Olympics from "ambushing" the more than 60 official sponsors that spent millions for the right to associate their brands with the world's biggest sporting event.

    Beijing Tightens Olympics-Ad Grip 2008

  • Certainly, it's not all that hard to determine the basic activities of a standards-group member, and if there's going to be any "ambushing," my money's on the upstart outsider that has little or nothing to do with the standards agency . . .

    The 271 Patent Blog Peter Zura 2005

  • Certainly, it's not all that hard to determine the basic activities of a standards-group member, and if there's going to be any "ambushing," my money's on the upstart outsider that has little or nothing to do with the standards agency . . .

    Archive 2005-06-01 Peter Zura 2005

  • Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) of "ambushing" it by releasing

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2004

  • Ngonyama also accused the newspaper of "ambushing" the official investigation.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2001

  • Florida lawyers who once accused the bombastic personality of "ambushing" a grieving mother as the two sides announced a settlement in a wrongful-death lawsuit over the suicide of Melinda

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

  • Florida lawyers who once accused the bombastic personality of "ambushing" a grieving mother as the two sides announced a settlement in a wrongful-death lawsuit over the suicide of Melinda

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

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