it was
3 occurrences in 3 verses
Mormon 4:3, 4,
Mormon 5:6
Mormon 4:3
And the remainder did flee and join the inhabitants of the city Teancum.
Now the city Teancum lay in the borders by the seashore;
and it was also near the city Desolation.
Mormon 4:4
And it was because the armies of the Nephites went up unto the Lamanites
that they began to be smitten;
for were it not for that,
the Lamanites could have had no power over them.
Mormon 5:6
And it came to pass that in the three hundred and eightieth year
the Lamanites did come again against us to battle,
and we did stand against them boldly;
but it was all in vain,
for so great were their numbers
that they did tread the people of the Nephites under their feet.