fusillade

Example Sentences

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Chinese officials directed a rhetorical fusillade at Ms. Takaichi, and have ratcheted up economic pressure by discouraging Chinese tourism to Japan and restricting rare-earth mineral exports.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

An Israeli fusillade around noon Sunday and in the afternoon saw four areas in Tehran targeted, including major commercial thoroughfares, according to state media.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2025

The Fed said it would hold rates steady to give more time to see how its fusillade of hikes over the last 15 months is affecting the economy.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2023

This mystified the crowd enough to stop the fusillade.

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2022

I turned around so I could face him and was met with a fusillade of saliva as he continued his tirade.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore