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barrage

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




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We should be proud that, thanks to the effort of thousands of people, the system held against a powerful barrage.

From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026

U.K. brands have begun their annual barrage of high-production Christmas ads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

She will head to her bedroom, pull the door closed and the blinds down, and try to hide from the barrage of noise happening outside.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

But other pressures also have played roles in recent rate volatility, including concerns about inflation, the large U.S. debt load and the barrage of debt issuance tied to the AI build-out this year.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

The canoe, and us clinging on with every ounce of strength, spun in the barrage of churning water.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Ukraine's stretched air defences are struggling to cope with the barrages, Maxim Timchenko, chief executive of the power company DTEK, said in an interview.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

Bass’ barrages got to Raman more than a few times, leading her to talk over the NBC and Telemundo moderators or even shush them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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

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

Users responded by barraging the platform with dozens more in its place, and the original post has now garnered over four million views.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

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

People demanding tougher measures are barraging elected officials with phone calls and social-media messages.

From New York Times ● Apr. 3, 2020

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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