blitz
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Rallied by the last-minute message blitz from the mayor, more than 1,500 people tried to register to vote online overwhelming the 1,000-attendee limit of the agency’s Zoom account.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
The government says it will expand the use of so-called "blitz" or "short trial" courts after pilots have shown that grouping similar cases together can speed up their progression through the courts - cutting backlogs.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
When Bailey scrambled back, he saw a Vanderbilt blitz crash toward him, and went into an absolute panic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Bloomberg said the two sides were looking at reductions on some goods including US energy and agricultural products, suggesting they will extend a one-year truce agreed in 2025 following Trump's global tariff blitz.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
When we were little, we’d ask, “Why do people go to the bathroom?” or “Why do you need a job?” and then blitz them with follow-ups.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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They have undertaken blitzes in sectors such as finance, healthcare and energy that offer ample opportunities for graft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
It blitzes together a very respectable chickpea salad in minutes.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2026
It funds Presler: his voter-registration blitzes, volunteer trainings, and aggressive get-out-the-vote operations.
From Slate ● Dec. 8, 2025
But as one minister remarked of the news blitzes before budgets: "it's not always as clever as it looks."
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025
Planning continental blitzes is a favorite past-time around high-level strategic commands; it keeps the boys in trim.
From Check and Checkmate by Walter M. Miller
The Boks blitzed into a 17-point lead inside 11 minutes with England bewildered by the pace, muscle and cohesion of the hosts.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
I scraped the whole mixture into my mini blender with a splash of water and blitzed it into a deep orange paste the color of late autumn leaves or a very expensive velvet couch.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
In its two March friendlies, the U.S. was blitzed by Belgium 5-2 and Portugal 2-0.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026
Super Bowl, where millions of Americans will get blitzed with constant reminders of the robot arms race whenever the cameras tune away from the Seahawks–Patriots matchup or the Bad Bunny halftime show.
From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2026
Then a purple-brown blur blitzed in from the side, landing on the charging beast.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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Just as the on-court Spurs improved through the season before blitzing through the first two rounds of the playoffs, the Jackals have sharpened their edge game after game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
Pinheiro Braathen had led the way in the first run with Elezi Cannaferina blitzing the field in the second.
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
“Whether that is back deep, in the box, off the edge, blitzing, man, zone,” Lake said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2025
They duly won 27-19 after blitzing the Wallabies in the first half and secured the series - with Aki now in the side - in Melbourne the following week.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2025
So right now, I channeled my inner line-backer blitzing the quarterback.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
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