Examples of behind enemy lines in a Sentence
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The movie is set in the midst of the D-Day invasion and follows a group of U.S. soldiers who are given orders to smuggle a member of the French resistance behind enemy lines in order to assassinate a high-value Nazi target.
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Brent Lang, Variety, 3 May 2024
Kane was all smiles during the warmup on Tuesday night, clearly relishing once again being behind enemy lines.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
To maximize its efforts, Ukraine plans to replenish its army through mobilization while trying to keep Russia off balance with sabotage missions behind enemy lines and long-range drone strikes, such as attacks on an oil refinery and weapons plant in Russia on Tuesday.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Accompanied by two reporters and a cub photographer, Lee’s goal is to push behind enemy lines to reach the White House before invading forces do, hoping to capture the moment of the president’s surrender—or defeat.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2024
Now these intelligence networks are more important than ever, as Russia is on the offensive and Ukraine is more dependent on sabotage and long-range missile strikes that require spies far behind enemy lines.
—Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2024
This makes sense for a unit operating behind enemy lines as the lack of firing signature (no blast, flash or smoke) means that the source of a Lancet cannot be traced, and they can be launched from miles away.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Larger, medium-altitude drones have been used to reach deeper behind enemy lines to target radars and installations.
—Paul Scharre, Foreign Affairs, 29 Feb. 2024
But when he is forced to eject from his doomed plane, Egan finds himself with a new mission to survive behind enemy lines.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
Brent Lang, Variety, 3 May 2024
Kane was all smiles during the warmup on Tuesday night, clearly relishing once again being behind enemy lines.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
To maximize its efforts, Ukraine plans to replenish its army through mobilization while trying to keep Russia off balance with sabotage missions behind enemy lines and long-range drone strikes, such as attacks on an oil refinery and weapons plant in Russia on Tuesday.
—Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Accompanied by two reporters and a cub photographer, Lee’s goal is to push behind enemy lines to reach the White House before invading forces do, hoping to capture the moment of the president’s surrender—or defeat.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2024
Now these intelligence networks are more important than ever, as Russia is on the offensive and Ukraine is more dependent on sabotage and long-range missile strikes that require spies far behind enemy lines.
—Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2024
This makes sense for a unit operating behind enemy lines as the lack of firing signature (no blast, flash or smoke) means that the source of a Lancet cannot be traced, and they can be launched from miles away.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
Larger, medium-altitude drones have been used to reach deeper behind enemy lines to target radars and installations.
—Paul Scharre, Foreign Affairs, 29 Feb. 2024
But when he is forced to eject from his doomed plane, Egan finds himself with a new mission to survive behind enemy lines.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
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