barrage
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For nurses, the barrage of alarms can be overwhelming, making it easier to tune them out—including when they indicate actual patient deterioration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Let’s tackle the first, which is how to stop the barrage of bizarre excuses.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Speaker Johnson, who on Monday faced a barrage of questions about AI from reporters in the halls of Congress, gave no sign he intended to move quickly this week.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
A barrage of newly concocted action sequences in the second half makes the pacing so off-balance that the film feels like a heron trying to fly with one blinged-out wing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
The introductions were followed by a barrage of questions, which Miss Peregrine batted away with rapid-fire efficiency.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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The Kosi and Gandak barrages are operated by India.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
WESTLAKE: The scoreboard operator will deserve extra pay trying to keep up with Warriors’ scoring barrages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
People in the Ukrainian capital’s Lukyanivka district are determined to live their lives despite the Kremlin’s missile barrages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 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
United were barraged by jeers from furious fans following the latest miserable result in another troubled season.
From Barron's ● Jan. 11, 2026
In 2002-03, Cheney paid numerous visits to Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in Langley, Va., and barraged analysts with questions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
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
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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
Hotels and travel brands also struggle to vet the deluge of travel influencers barraging them with requests for all-expenses-paid vacations in exchange for social media posts.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2022
Almost immediately, strangers began barraging the dead man’s Facebook page with insults and mockery.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 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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