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barrage

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




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Lyudmila, a pensioner who was resting on some steps, described the endless toll of nights under barrage.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026

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

Yet despite a barrage of robust data, Treasury bonds staged a surprise rally in October.

From MarketWatch ● 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

During my time at the Clinic nearly three decades ago, Dr. Luce ran me through a barrage of tests.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

WESTLAKE: The scoreboard operator will deserve extra pay trying to keep up with Warriors’ scoring barrages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

In vain, officials have urged locals to avoid the beaches -- exposed areas that offer no protection from Russian aerial barrages.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 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 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

Some piers sheltered from the typical northwestward storm now get barraged from all angles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 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

On the pass protection front, Pleasant — a 6-foot, 225-pound battering ram — credited his history as a high school defensive back with helping him to stone barraging blitzers.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2021

Then the outer bands of a tropical storm barraging Florida dumped heavy rainfall on crews, with lightning causing delays and strong winds making it difficult to use cranes to lift heavy debris.

From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 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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