salvo

Example Sentences

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What do you think will be the next salvo in the weight-loss drug wars?

From The Wall Street Journal

This week’s tongue-lashing is the latest salvo in Wilson’s campaign to remake Lululemon’s board.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The market is still of the mind that we are going to see this kind of bluster from the get-go — an opening salvo that’s pretty aggressive,” Melson said.

From MarketWatch

European leaders were already scrambling to talk him out of a damaging trans-Atlantic trade war over the island, in which he launched an opening salvo this weekend.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was the latest salvo in an escalating standoff that started in September with a massive naval deployment for what Washington called an anti-narcotics operation.

From Barron's