spider hole
Britishnoun
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Ka3 Na5, White’s peripatetic king appears to have found another defensible spider hole.
From Washington Times
The brigade’s first deployment to Iraq in 2003 culminated in the capture of the country’s fugitive dictator, Saddam Hussein, whom soldiers pulled from a spider hole in a small village.
From Seattle Times
President Trump may be pulled from a “spider hole” and hanged in the vein of Saddam Hussein if Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s prognosticator skills are as advertised.
From Washington Times
Hussein, the former leader of Iraq, was pulled from a “spider hole” in 2003 after the U.S. invasion and was ultimately hanged by his own people in 2006.
From Washington Times
"The Republican Party is not going to be saved by hiding in a spider hole," Bolton told CNN on Sunday.
From Salon
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