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onslaught

[on-slawt, awn-] / ˈɒnˌslɔt, ˈɔn- /


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Exceptionally high tides are set to hit California as early as this weekend, sending officials scrambling to prepare for another onslaught along the state’s already battered coast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

Officials are also continuing to monitor coastal homes that were red- and yellow-tagged during the weekend onslaught.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Ahead of the Pryluky attack, the Ukrainian leader had warned this week of warned of intelligence suggesting plans for a major Russian onslaught, and in Kyiv families responded by heading to metro stations for shelter.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Five of his relatives - including his brother - were caught in the water's onslaught and are still missing.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

And we still prepared for the onslaught of visitors.

From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate

In October, the South American country unveiled its first drone battalion to counterattack and defend against drone onslaughts.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

One drone he pilots can throw up an effective cloak of invisibility against electronic onslaughts, but others he has trained on don’t hold up well in that domain, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025

And in this form, it looks unlikely that Rockets' bowlers will be the only ones on the receiving end of their onslaughts over the next month.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2023

"This funding is critical to stopping those onslaughts, hardening Ukraine’s cyber defences and increasing the country’s ability to detect and disable the malware targeted at them."

From Reuters ● Jun. 18, 2023

The grease on the glass that covered the photograph showed the frequency of these affectionate onslaughts.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole


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