barrage
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Let’s tackle the first, which is how to stop the barrage of bizarre excuses.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 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
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
The latest drone barrage Friday started a fire at a Wildberries warehouse in Yekaterinburg.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
They sailed on Saturday, April 2, 1892, and arrived in Liverpool under a barrage of hail and snow.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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The Kosi and Gandak barrages are operated by India.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 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
Tens of thousands of Kyiv residents have spent nights in the city’s subway during Russia’s recent missile barrages, turning stations into underground towns packed with yoga mats, camping chairs and tents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
In Obeid, capital of North Kordofan, near-daily drone barrages have imposed a furtive rhythm to residents’ lives, making every trip to the market, school, health clinic or a relative’s home a gamble.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 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
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
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But Vancouver limited chances from there while barraging Holmes with shots.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2024
Aymann Ismail knew something was up when his Egyptian mom started barraging him with Piers Morgan clips.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2023
“They’re barraging us with emails and calls,” Weeks said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
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
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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