onslaught
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"I just couldn't believe it, it was just picture after picture... after opening the messages and social media it was an onslaught from the beginning really," she said, speaking from an undisclosed location.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Villarreal: It won’t look as elegant as you, Sarah, but talk to me about finding that walk because, like you said, it shifts from when the onslaught happens.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
They also face an onslaught from Chinese carmakers, whose rapidly advancing technical prowess and low production costs pose major risks to global rivals.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
Iran has demanded reparations for destruction wrought in the five-week onslaught.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
She thought back to the time before lull, and the onslaught of nightmares that had prompted Great Ellen to start brewing it for her.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Vocabulary lists containing onslaught
Words from "The Avengers"
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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"The Diary of Anne Frank," Vocabulary from the drama
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