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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

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 pair took part in a final televised debate on Friday, during which they mostly focused on policy proposals after a first debate that quickly deteriorated into a barrage of insults.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

Borrowing costs have risen sharply in advanced economies, public debt is at historic highs and fiscal cushions thinned by a barrage of crises, said Silvana Tenreyro, chief economist at the IMF.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Southampton’s barrage balloons floated gleaming in the moonlight like the ghosts of elephants and hippos.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

In World War I, all sides dug in to escape artillery barrages, while the British Army formed units of miners, nicknamed the Moles, to tunnel to German trenches and plant explosives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

The Kosi and Gandak barrages are operated by India.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Ukrainians fear this could be the first in a wave of brutal assaults leading up to Ukrainian independence day on Monday—a date on which Moscow has often launched huge missile barrages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 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

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

And if you’ve been searching for information about the fight, you’ve probably been barraged by online ads.

From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 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

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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