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Areas between 3 and 10 miles deep in front of the Russians’ main strongholds have been densely mined with antitank and antipersonnel mines and trip wires.
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Isabelle Khurshudyan and Kamila Hrabchuk, Anchorage Daily News, 16 July 2023
Russia also uses mines triggered by slender, yellow-colored trip wires that stretch out a dozen or so yards — any of which, when disturbed, can set off an explosion and a spray of shrapnel.
—Andrew E. Kramer, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2023
Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone whose attempts at cord-cutting have proven full of trip wires.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
Mikhail reached a Ukrainian trench and jumped, only to see a red flare go off when one of the Russians hit a trip wire.
—Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2023
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Isabelle Khurshudyan and Kamila Hrabchuk, Anchorage Daily News, 16 July 2023
Russia also uses mines triggered by slender, yellow-colored trip wires that stretch out a dozen or so yards — any of which, when disturbed, can set off an explosion and a spray of shrapnel.
—Andrew E. Kramer, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2023
Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone whose attempts at cord-cutting have proven full of trip wires.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
Mikhail reached a Ukrainian trench and jumped, only to see a red flare go off when one of the Russians hit a trip wire.
—Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2023
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“Trip wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trip%20wire. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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