Air power isn't the solution against a dug-in enemy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 15, 2006] Reference
Numerous prisoners were taken from dug-in positions. From Wordnik.com. [Steel Victory]
He'd been hit leading a charge against dug-in mujahedin. From Wordnik.com. [The Haunted] Reference
The troops on the other side are probably pretty well dug-in. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 4, 2001] Reference
To silence a dug-in tank would require a direct hit from above. From Wordnik.com. [Panzer Aces]
In the first you can see the dug-in positions of adversary forces. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 5, 2002] Reference
There were strikes by F-16s on dug-in Al Qaeda fighting positions. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 5, 2002] Reference
Right now we're told conservatives in the House are even more dug-in. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 12, 2007] Reference
The depth and earth contact is dug-in and influences the earth resistance. From Wordnik.com. [1. Current flow in the ground] Reference
The mortar rounds landed with accuracy, exploding around the dug-in humans. From Wordnik.com. [Genellan- Planetfall]
Their fire is being directed at Iraqi tanks, dug-in along the main highway. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2003] Reference
If available, the armour of any dug-in cable could be used as a substitute. From Wordnik.com. [1. Current flow in the ground] Reference
But it might be -- it might be some dug-in position behind that we can't see. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2003] Reference
"Fire high-explosive, aim in front of the two dug-in KV-Is!" ordered Wittmann. From Wordnik.com. [Panzer Aces]
Hillary's dug-in position sounds more like someone who is engaged in a lawsuit. From Wordnik.com. [Gore: "I'm Not Applying For The Job Of Broker."] Reference
A dug-in KV-I knocked out the leading Tiger from a range of six hundred meters. From Wordnik.com. [Panzer Aces]
There were also a lot of dug-in fighting positions with sandbags along the road. From Wordnik.com. [On Baghdad's Frontlines] Reference
They all passed it as well as several other things until he was thoroughly dug-in. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 28, 1917] Reference
The distinct advantages enjoyed by dug-in troops over those moving on the open ground. From Wordnik.com. [First Clash]
Both are completely dug-in to their own view point, so common ground can never be found. From Wordnik.com. [Alan Lurie: The Three Characteristics of Extremism] Reference
They're trying to drive out Iraqi forces from dug-in positions around the town of Kalak. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 30, 2003] Reference
They've got dug-in positions, they've got bunkers, they've got their missiles well hidden. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 25, 2006] Reference
You could see deep dug-in areas in this development, big rebar work going on over in here. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 7, 2009] Reference
And Pentagon sources say punishing air strikes are now in store to soften up the dug-in troops. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 24, 2003] Reference
Division had overcome well - camouflaged field positions, dug-in T-34 tanks, and antitank fronts. From Wordnik.com. [Panzer Aces]
Clearly, it is a shadowy enemy and a well dug-in enemy from the view of the Israeli defense forces. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 25, 2006] Reference
The locals fled to the desert during a month of fighting between a Marine battalion and dug-in insurgents. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. Announces Helmand Offensive] Reference
This has become a libertarian privacy issue and both sides have dug-in with force while people continue to die. From Wordnik.com. [Denis Campbell: Death Row "Waiting" Advert Brings Life to UK Organ Donor Crisis] Reference
A month is a short time against a dug-in enemy, and we have time on our side, as long as everyone's nerve holds. From Wordnik.com. [Light Near The End Of The Tunnel] Reference
Here's my problem: these polls are being taken at a time of fever-pitch, dug-in primary-season intensity in April. From Wordnik.com. [Dan Brown: Is This Primary Irreversibly Shredding the Democratic Party? I'm Skeptical.] Reference
The two sides are dug-in, and those few honestly seeking non-ideological solutions are ignored as insufficiently exciting. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Abrams: The "Put Up or Shut Up" Policy That Will Spur Rapid, Sustained Economic Growth] Reference
It is also true, however, that the dug-in GOP opposition froze McCain between the party's divided factions and their followers. From Wordnik.com. [The Financial Crisis Is McCain's Katrina] Reference
Jacobi's current address: "Justus Township," Mont., the survivalist enclave where the FBI is confronting dug-in tax protesters. From Wordnik.com. [Finessing The Freemen] Reference
"With a little bit of effort, they go away," he went on about the abundance of cars, as if he was up against a deeply dug-in army. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Closed Times Square to Traffic] Reference
Diplomats in the capital Maseru said the city was quiet although troops from two warring army factions remained dug-in on hilltops. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
They were fighting in below-freezing temperatures at dizzying altitudes against a dug-in enemy that would rather die than surrender. From Wordnik.com. ['Leave No Man Behind'] Reference
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