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barrage

[buh-rahzh, bar-ahzh, bahr-ij] / bəˈrɑʒ, ˈbær ɑʒ, ˈbɑr ɪdʒ /




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One California law firm says yes, and has filed a barrage of lawsuits this year, targeting hotels in California and elsewhere over synthetic fragrances in common areas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

But the world number 14 overpowered his loftier opponent with a barrage of 180s, hitting 11 maximums, compared to Welshman Price's five, to finish a deserved winner.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Let’s tackle the first, which is how to stop the barrage of bizarre excuses.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

More than six months after the barrage, a damaged Amazon Web Services facility in Abu Dhabi and another one in Bahrain are still mostly offline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Before leaving the press car, he dutifully congratulated Ky Ebright and then gamely fielded the barrage of questions leveled at him.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Since last Thursday, piecemeal Russian airstrikes around the clock have replaced periodic massive barrages at night.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Combined with Russian barrages, these strikes now threaten to halt the sea’s maritime commerce.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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

The IDF said two barrages of missiles were detected and intercepted.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 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

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

King, after he produced “Bohemian Rhapsody,” was barraged with proposals for films about other musical artists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 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

Although community concern peaked in those initial months, Hyperion continues to be barraged by odor complaints, which routinely reach into the hundreds each month.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024

As our confusion turned to shock and anger, we barraged the little man with questions.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

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

So they are barraging customers with discounts, hoping to entice them to buy before an economic slowdown causes a change in behavior once more.

From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2022

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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