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Russia is using the same tactics that it has used across eastern Ukraine since 2025: Again and again, tiny groups of infantry try to sneak past Ukrainian lines on foot, while Ukrainian drones hunt them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026
The newspaper Milliyet reported that a vehicle allegedly taken by the attacker had been later found stuck in mud - the suspect having abandoned it before fleeing on foot.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Would motorists abandon their cars and flee on foot because they were stuck in traffic, as they had in the Palisades?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Long lines of stationary cars and buses were gridlocked on main roads as commuters sought alternative routes -- or even made their way on foot.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
It took her another forty minutes on foot to reach the little house on Winslow, and by the time she got there she knew something was wrong.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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