barrage
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Norman’s practice of old-fashioned retail politics is faced off by a barrage of television ads on Graham’s behalf.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
But faced with an almost daily barrage of Russian ballistic missiles, correspondent Joe Inwood explains why the offer may not be enough to win the war.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
That wall of sound barrage of guitars and then: “Hey, ho, let’s go!”
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
The latest drone barrage Friday started a fire at a Wildberries warehouse in Yekaterinburg.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
He tried to charge through the barrage, but he couldn’t make three feet.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
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An international shortage of interceptors for Patriot missile systems left Kyiv struggling to down incoming barrages of Russian ballistic missiles and promoted worries about attacks on energy infrastructure before winter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
And the effects run both ways: embankments and barrages built for India's protection have raised water levels and caused backwater flooding in Nepal's Terai, which is Nepal's long-standing concern,' says Sanyal.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
On the water, teenagers jostle for control of an inflatable mattress -- the kind taken down sleep on in underground metro stations during Russia's nightly barrages.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
In the U.A.E., barrages of drone and missile attacks from Iran unsettled the country’s finances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
The Allies, after much trial and error, learned to use their tanks effectively in coordination with artillery barrages, infantry assaults, and—toward the end of the war—attacks by low-flying aircraft.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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At an annual meeting of financial-aid administrators hosted by the Education Department’s Office of Federal Student Aid earlier this year, people who work in college financial aid barraged government officials with questions about the change.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Stars like Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon and teenage wonder Macklin Celebrini repeatedly barraged the zone, to no avail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 22, 2026
United were barraged by jeers from furious fans following the latest miserable result in another troubled season.
From Barron's ● Jan. 11, 2026
And if you’ve been searching for information about the fight, you’ve probably been barraged by online ads.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2024
As our confusion turned to shock and anger, we barraged the little man with questions.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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Aymann Ismail knew something was up when his Egyptian mom started barraging him with Piers Morgan clips.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2023
Those complaints in 2018 and 2020 about Jackson barraging students with social media and text messages, first reported by The Seattle Times, posed no obstacle to Jackson staying on the job.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
“They’re barraging us with emails and calls,” Weeks said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
They started barraging her with questions about her outfit, and how she’d prepare.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2021
Seven and Thorn did as she said, surrounding the Nightbeast as best they could and barraging it with combat spells as fast as they could go.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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