ambush
noun
an act or instance of lying concealed so as to attack by surprise.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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The ravening hunter of man that has been ambushing him half the day rolls over with a piercing howl.
From The Story of the Trapper by A. C. Laut